TY - JOUR
T1 - Achieving a successful relationship between Neuroscience and Education
T2 - 2nd International Conference on Education and Educational Psychology, ICEEPSY 2011
AU - Rato, Joana R.
AU - Abreu, Ana M.
AU - Castro-Caldas, Alexandre
N1 - Funding Information:
JRR and AMA were funded by the Portuguese Foundation for Science and Technology (FCT) SFRH/BD/46767/2008 and SFRH/BPD/36350/2007, respectively. We are very grateful to all the teachers that participated in this study.
PY - 2011
Y1 - 2011
N2 - Educational Neuroscience is currently raising high attention by the educational and neuroscientific community. However, society has created too many expectations concerning what Neuroscience can bring to Education. With this study, we aim to identify eventual distorted expectations of the teachers and propose ways to overcome these. This study was carried out in Portugal with 30 participating schools, where 627 questionnaires were answered by teachers from Preschool to High School. Our results show that there are still misunderstandings concerning the Portuguese teachers' views about the links between Neuroscience and Education. More collaborative efforts between professionals of both fields are needed for the field of Educational Neuroscience to succeed.
AB - Educational Neuroscience is currently raising high attention by the educational and neuroscientific community. However, society has created too many expectations concerning what Neuroscience can bring to Education. With this study, we aim to identify eventual distorted expectations of the teachers and propose ways to overcome these. This study was carried out in Portugal with 30 participating schools, where 627 questionnaires were answered by teachers from Preschool to High School. Our results show that there are still misunderstandings concerning the Portuguese teachers' views about the links between Neuroscience and Education. More collaborative efforts between professionals of both fields are needed for the field of Educational Neuroscience to succeed.
KW - Educational neuroscience
KW - Teacher learning
KW - Teachers view
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84555196056&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1016/j.sbspro.2011.11.317
DO - 10.1016/j.sbspro.2011.11.317
M3 - Conference article
AN - SCOPUS:84555196056
SN - 1877-0428
VL - 29
SP - 879
EP - 884
JO - Procedia - Social and Behavioral Sciences
JF - Procedia - Social and Behavioral Sciences
Y2 - 19 October 2011 through 22 October 2011
ER -