Brain Based Learning and Neuroscience – What the Research Says!

Yet again, Will Thallheimer produces a highly readable, well-researched report on where we are on neuroscience and learning.

Only a few years back, when I attended a course on Neurosience in Trinity College Dublin, there was huge excitement about the potential of cogntiive neuroscience for research in learning. But so far it hasn't produced the jewels it promised. Thallheimer mirrors my thinking: 

"As learning professionals, we must be more skeptical of neuroscience claims. As research and real-world experience has shown, such claims can persuade us toward ineffective learning designs and unscrupulous vendors and consultants."

Neuroscience will reveal much more through the meld of disciplines and technology (particularly AI), but for now, we need to be wary of broad claims or neurosientific land grabs. Give Thallheimer's report a read - it's a good primer on how to avoid neuroscientific 'learning theory' baloney!