Neuroscience and Education: Foundations, Development, and Applications

Harvard FAS

The field of neuroscience can provide a biological-level description to better understand how students learn and explain individual differences. It can offer an alternative perspective on learning principles, skill development, and learning differences, including their underlying etiologies. At the same time, the application of neuroscience to education is debated. Findings are often misinterpreted or oversimplified, leading to “brain myths,” overgeneralizations, and ineffective and sometimes…