Neuroeducation is a relatively new interdisciplinary field that is constantly evolving and has more defenders every day among the scientific and educational community.
The need to rethink education and schools is not new, it is more evident every day, especially when we talk about adolescents, their education, their needs, their circumstances.
Every day more expert voices speak about neuroeducation and how this educational approach focused on the ages of adolescence can offer new effective ideas to address educational challenges at this age.
It is about integrating neuroeducation into the educational system in order to prevent serious and complicated situations that affect adolescents, through education.
For example, neuroeducation supports project-based learning during the adolescent stage because it is active learning that proposes a practical application of the knowledge acquired.
What is neuroeducation?
It is an interdisciplinary field that combines cognitive neuroscience with education, in order to understand how the brain works during the learning process. With each step forward in neuroeducation, advances are identified that affect the education of adolescents.
Neuroeducation in adolescence focuses on understanding how the brain works during this turbulent stage, providing tools to educators to modify current teaching approaches, making them more effective, more conducive to the cognitive and emotional development of adolescents.
At the same time, students of this age are provided with more and better tools for self-knowledge, development of self-esteem, self-care skills, and emotional and cognitive skills.
Neuroeducation prioritizes educational environments in which stress management and mental health are taught and promoted since chronic stress has a proven negative impact on the adolescent brain.
Researchers in this field, such as Jay Giedd , have focused their studies on the brain development of childhood and adolescence to better understand the changes that occur during this stage.
Neuroscience has shown that emotions play a crucial role in the learning process and adolescents learn best when they feel not only motivated but also engaged and emotionally safe.
In that sense, the approaches of psychologist and neuroscientist Kurt Fischer strengthened the idea that teaching must adapt to the brain development of students.
Neuroeducation and brain plasticity in adolescence
Daniel Siegel is a psychiatrist and renowned author who has developed his work in the field of neuroscience and mental health, education and the evolution and development of the brain of children and adolescents.
During adolescence the brain experiences a series of significant changes that affect decision-making, self-control and planning, which influences behavior.
Brain plasticity or the brain's ability to change and adapt is very high during adolescence, which translates into great potential to learn and acquire new skills.
Cognitive neuroscientist Sarah-Jayne Blakemore has investigated these changes that occur in the brains of adolescents and how these changes influence both their behavior and their learning.
All these experts in neuroeducation have come to the conclusion that education has to maintain a balance between knowledge, talent development, empathy and skills, especially if we talk about the education of adolescents.
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