Introducing Neuroeducational Research: Neuroscience, Education and the Brain from Contexts to Practice / Edition 1

ISBN-13: 9780415472005 Publisher: Taylor & Francis Publication date: 10/15/2009 Pages: 248 Product dimensions: 6.12(w) x 9.19(h) x (d) Amongst educators, scientists and policy-makers there is a growing belief that the field of education can benefit from an understanding of the brain. However, attempts to bring neuroscience and education together have often been hampered by crucial differences in concepts, language and philosophy. In this book, Paul Howard-Jones explores these differences, drawing on the voices of educators and scientists to argue for a new field of enquiry: neuroeducational research. Introducing Neuroeducational Research provides a meaningful bridge between two diverse perspectives on learning. It proposes that any such bridge must serve two goals that are critically related to each other: it must enrich both scientific and educational understanding. This challenge gives rise to unique conceptual, methodological and ethical issues that will inevitably characteris