Within education there is a growing interest in neuroscience research and what it can teach us. This book focuses on what neuroscience means for education professionals - in key areas such as learning, memory, intelligence and motivation - and addresses questions such as:
This friendly book is jargon-free and no prior scientific knowledge is assumed of the reader. It is thought-provoking reading for practising teachers across all age ranges, trainee teachers, parents, head teachers, educational policymakers, academics and educational psychologists.
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CHAPTER 1: WHY EDUCATIONAL NEUROSCIENCE?
Education neuroscientific research questions
Limits to educational neuroscience
CHAPTER 2: NEUROIMAGING TECHNOLOGIES
CHAPTER 3: LEARNING AND MEMORY
Individual brains
Hebb’s model of learning through synaptic plasticity
Memory
CHAPTER 4: WORKING MEMORY AND INTELLIGENCE
Working memory
Attention
Intelligence
Gifted and talented pupils
Sex differences
Genetics of intelligence
IQ scores as a measure of social evolution
CHAPTER 5: CREATIVITY AND IMAGINATION
Fluid analogising
Creative intelligence
Imagination
CHAPTER 6: SOCIALISING, EMOTION AND MOTIVATION
Mirror neurons and socialising
Emotion
Motivation and self-esteem
Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
CHAPTER 7: LANGUAGE AND LITERACY
Language
Story telling
Literacy
Dyslexia
Second language learning
CHAPTER 8: NUMERACY AND MATHEMATICS
Arithmetic
Statistics
Fractions
Algebra and geometry
Mathematical thinking
Mathematical creativity
CHAPTER 9: ARTS CURRICULUM
Music
Visual arts
CHAPTER 10: A FUTURE FOR EDUCATIONAL NEUROSCIENCE
Schools of the future
An agenda for educational neuroscience
Last word
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