脑的研究和教育:追赶潮流抑或夯实基础

教育界最新的突破是神经科学的研究或称为脑的研究,这是一个直到现在对教育者来说仍是陌生的领域。研究给予实践的好处是使我们的工作可以基于明确可表达的原理而不再是凭直觉而为。令人遗憾的是,一些咨询人士和教育者在那些基于脑的项目策略还没有经过试验时就把它们搬进了课堂。教育工作者要明确开展脑的研究是夯实基础而不要追赶潮流,理应做到细致辨别,择善而从。

Brain Research and Education: Fad or Foundation?

The newest "break through" in education is neuroscience or brain research, a field that until recently has been foreign to educators. What the research adds for these practices is an understanding of why certain procedures or strategies work so that we no longer have to operate intuitively but can articulate and explain the rationale for what we do. Unfortunately, some consultants and educators are proposing "brain-based" programs and strategies that have not been tested in classrooms. To make certain that the brain research becomes a foundation rather than a fad, educators need to take a proactive stance. What we must do at this point is carefully and analytically sort through the data and determine which studies actually have classroom applications and which ones do not.