Education can be seen as an ideal arena for the translation of research in cognitive science into society, and can be considered as an exemplary case study for reflecting on the opportunities, limits, conditions and issues of translational research.
This course explores the impact of cognitive science on education. How can it contribute to education? Under what conditions, in what way? What are the constraints, the limits, and the potential pitfalls?
Over 11 lectures, the course will cover major areas of the application of cognitive science to education. Three leading themes will guide the discussion throughout:
- From the brain to the classroom. Fundamental knowledge and how it can help designing education.
- “Evidence-based education” and “translational research” in education: What does it mean? Why does it matter? What are the methods?
- From theory to practice: How to design and produce interventions in education, inspired by research in cognitive science?
As a sampler, the lectures will include the following topics:
- Evidence-based education and experimental research in education
- Neuromyths in education
- Learning to read
- Learning mathematics
- Social experiments in education
- Explicit teaching
- Metacognition
- Memory and learning
- International evaluations
- Critical thinking
- Nature and nurture
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