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Promote an understanding of neuroscience research within the educational community. We hope to achieve this goal by promoting neuroscience research that has implications for educational practice and by providing a forum for the issues and controversies connecting these two fields.

Saturday, May 19, 2012
Welcome!

Welcome the Second Quarter 2012 Announcements!  Two meetings of note:

1. We hope to see you at AERA's 2012 meeting, "To Know Is Not Enough",  in Vancouver, CA, April 13-17. We have an exciting program scheduled across Friday, Saturday, and Sunday - see details on Annual Meeting Tab.

Also, Stephen Campbell and colleagues at Simon Fraser University are hosting a pre-conference workshop featuring their laboratory's efforts in Educational Neuroscience, Thursday, April 12, 10:00am–7:00pm (Fee $115)

This course will introduce methods, applications, and related initiatives and issues, such as outreach and neuroethics, pertaining to educational neuroscience. Methods include acquisition tools such as electroencephalography (EEG); eye-tracking (ET); audiovisual, screen and keyboard capture; data analysis techniques for processing EEG and ET data; and ways of integrating, synchronizing, and interpreting such diverse data sets. These tools will be applied to qualitative and quantitative research in mathematics education and educational psychology. Beginning with the premise that cognition and learning are deeply embodied phenomena, this course will be of particular interest and benefit to new and seasoned educational researchers and administrators potentially seeking to incorporate similar approaches and/or facilities within their own research and institutions.

2. Turn your attention to London for the Special Interest Group (SIG) 22: 'Neuroscience and Education' of the European Association for Research on Learning and Instruction (EARLI), May 24 to 26, 2012 at the Institute of Education in London (UK).  BNE SIG is proud to sponsor the lecture by Dr. Terry Jernigan, Director of the Center for Human Development and PING (Pediatric Imaging, Neurocognition, and Genetics) at University of California at San Diego. Register by April 30.


 

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Call for Links
We are composing a list for public use on undergraduate and graduate programs in teacher education or education-related disciplines that explicitly include applications of neuroscience. Examples of a few such programs are given on our Resources link. If you want a site considered for our list, please notify us via the "Suggest a Link" section of our Resources page.
Feature Story
3/2/2011

Educational Philosophy and Theory ... Special Issue : Educational Neuroscience


Educational Philosophy and Theory Special Issue : Educational Neuroscience February 2011 Volume 43, Issue 1 Pages 1 - 107 has now been released online. Do not miss Patten and Campbell's Introduction: Educational Neuroscience introducing an overview of a number of recent initiatives in a new area of research that is coming to be known as educational neuroscience. Educational neuroscience, as a first approximation, variously involves syntheses of theories, methods, and techniques of the neurosciences, as applied to and informed by educational research and practice. Contributions to this special issue were sought from principals involved in initiatives pertaining to educational neuroscience with common foci on 1) motivations, aims and prospects; 2) theories, methods, collaborations; and 3) challenges, results, and implications, both potential and actual, resulting from these initiatives. Contributors were asked to write position statements with special emphasis on the motivations, methodologies, and practical implications of their particular initiatives for educational philosophy and theory, as well as for educational research and pedagogy. Read this article

‘What does the brain have to do with learning?’ find out in Educational Neuroscience: Motivations, methodology, and implications Stephen R. Campbell ... Read this article

 
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