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Why Neuroscience May Not be the Answer to Overcoming Learning Disabilities

Why neuroscience is only a part of the solution to solving our children's learning difficulties.

The possibilities for Brain Science, on the one hand, is enormous. But on the other hand, quite limited. Brain scans don’t determine lesson plans. Brain science don’t take into account the huge amount of correlated subjective data from observations by teachers.

However, working hand in hand there is a promising outcome. The key is to take the principles of Brain Science and apply it to the classroom.

The greatest potential of Brain Science and education is to understand why things work. Understanding the biological mechanisms for how something is working. It will help to determine what should be or shouldn’t be applied to the classroom or other modes of learning. Brain science ca help us determine why tactics, already proven in the classroom, work to enhance learning. The wealth of knowledge developed by teachers and other learning professionals is enormous. Even though, in some cases, little is known why it works.

They are not actually doing brain research in the classroom. It is not so important that they take MRIs or figure out what is going on with this students brains. It is more important to translate the findings of these studies is to understand and design curriculums and what’s going on inside the classrooms.

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Key takeaways

  1. Brain science rarely takes what they learn from brain scans and apply it to the classroom.
  2. Understanding the biological basis for why something is working can help us to apply it in the classroom
  3. The students are not put in a brain lab; rather, they translate the findings from the brain studies and put them to use with their students.

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Laura Lurns · Learning Success expert Writes about the learning brain for parents who want plain answers. Every article is grounded in current neuroscience and classroom practice.