(10 min read) Answer: understanding brain plasticity if you only make one change to the way you interact with your children and their learning, make it to teach them about brain plasticity. Ok so it’s not a new Nintendo or a car, but if you were only allowed to take one thing from educational neuroscience… Continue reading What’s the greatest gift from educational neuroscience?
Month: January 2021
Neuroscience is everywhere. What do I need to know about the brain?
(11 min read) A brief tour of the brain It feels rather trite to describe the brain as ‘astonishing, remarkable and prodigious’ (and all the other ‘phenomenal’-like adjectives), but it’s true. It is an incredibly complex organ, more sophisticated than any machine ever invented, capable of processing information at 120 miles per hour. It never… Continue reading Neuroscience is everywhere. What do I need to know about the brain?
What is stress, and does it affect learning?
(10 min read) In our house, the twenty-minutes before the school-run goes something like this: (To my eldest) have you got your homework darling? Let me see. (To middle child) Have you done your teeth? Go and do your teeth. (To youngest) We haven’t got time to play with Play-Doh, darling, we have to get… Continue reading What is stress, and does it affect learning?