Centre for Educational Neuroscience

University College London – Birkbeck University of London – UCL Institute of Education

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      • Dr. Emma Meaburn
      • Dr. Iroise Dumontheil
      • Dr. Kaska Porayska-Pomsta
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        • 10th May 2018 – Design and evaluation of an education intervention for children with autism targeting social and emotional engagement through observation.
        • 14th June 2018 – Triggers for situational interest: Using higher order rewards to create intrinsic motivation in the classroom.
        • 17th May 2018 – “I just got a popped up in my head.” A qualitative analysis of how executive control processes contribute, positively and negatively, to children’s creativity.
        • 21st June 2018 – Stress and learning in children: Neuroscience evidence and its relevance for teachers.
        • 24th May – #OnlyConnect.
        • 26th April 2018 – Montessori education: A review of the evidence base.
        • 28th June 2018 – The role of conceptual development in children’s analogical reasoning.
        • 31st May 2018 – Testing the ecological validity of executive function assessment in autism in a novel ‘tea-making’ task.
        • 7th June 2018 – Online maths reasoning: Capturing the mind in motion using eye- and mouse- tracking to enhance personalised learning.
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      • Neuroscience in the classroom: current progress and future challenges March 2017
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      • Workshop on the Science of Learning October 2014
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      • Children do better in school if they were born in the autumn
      • Children have different learning styles
      • Diet makes a difference to learning
      • Fish oils improve learning
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      • Intelligence is fixed
      • Is ADHD on the rise in UK schools?
      • Learning two languages gives an advantage at school
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      • Mindfulness has a place in the classroom
      • Most learning happens in the first 3 years
      • Physical exercise enhances learning
      • The future of education is brain stimulation
      • Violent video games make children more violent
      • We only use 10% of our brains
      • Well-rested children do better at school
      • You can train your brain with digital media
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    • Charlotte Hindley, Assistant Head, Platt Bridge Community School
    • Daria Makarova, Head of Science
    • Dr Niki Kaiser, Network Research Lead, Norwich Research School
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    • Julia Harrington, Head of Queen Anne’s School and Founder of BrainCanDo
    • Mark Enser, Head of Geography, and Research Lead at Heathfield Community College in East Sussex
    • Shaun Allison, Director of Durrington Research School
    • Steve Baker, Principal of the Aspire Schools Federation

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Educational neuroscientists on Facebook

Posted on October 10, 2013 by admin

Postgraduate students in educational neuroscience studying at Bristol have set up a Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/neuroed.postgrad

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