Start Date
5-8-2013 9:30 AM
End Date
5-8-2013 10:45 AM
Recommended Citation
Chiesa, B. d. (2013, August 05). Plenary 1 – Our learning/teaching brains : What can be expected from neuroscience, and how? What should not be expected from neuroscience, and why? [Paper presentation]. 2013 - How the Brain Learns: What lessons are there for teaching?. https://research.acer.edu.au/research_conference/RC2013/5august/5
Aug 5th, 9:30 AM
Aug 5th, 10:45 AM
Plenary 1 – Our learning/teaching brains : What can be expected from neuroscience, and how? What should not be expected from neuroscience, and why?
Comments
Understanding (and thus, in the author’s view, learning) is an intense pleasure for the human brain, particularly in children, from a very young age … and even at school, if possible! Albert Einstein is said to have considered it a miracle that curiosity in young human beings survives school. Unfortunately, there seems to be at least some grain of truth to this pessimistic stance. Can neuroscience help us maintain or even develop this wonderful human characteristic? If yes, how? If not, why? If ‘maybe’, where to draw the line?