Course: Neuroplasticians and Neuromyths

The word “neuromyth” is a compound word that joins: neuro, as in the cells related to the nervous system and the brain, with myth, as in a “widely held but false belief …

Cozolino and Tokuhama-Espinosa provide the fundamental research-based brain principles they believe are most important for educators to know. Read through each principle and as you assess them note some important …

This is an additional video, hosted on YouTube. Neuroplasticity is an essential concept for educators to understand as it underpins all learning experiences. Neuroplasticity fundamentally is the brain’s ability to …

The brain is amazing and very complex but our lack of understanding has led to a variety of neuromyths throughout the years that have the potential to have negative consequences …

The brain is the most complex organ in the body. Weighing in at approximately 1.5 kg (3 pounds) and housing anywhere between 86 – 100 billion neurons, with each neuron …

Educational neuroscience studies how the brain learns. It takes into consideration psychology, education and neuroscience (PEN). At its core using the understandings from these three disciplines, it recognises that under …

Burns (2019) writes that as Neuroplasticians, we often don’t think of ourselves as brain changers, but we have an enormous impact on our students’ cognitive development. To understand how educators …