One Mind at a Time: Taking Neuroscience from the Lab to the Classroom

Setup

Human beings are the only mammals on the planet whose thinking, feeling and learning brain develops extensively after birth. Young brains are wired for growth but their anatomical structure is exquisitely sensitive to experience, shaped for good or bad by what children live through and the relationships they form. Nurture shapes nature as much, if not more, than nature shapes nurture. By understanding how the brain interacts with its environment, we can positively influence a child’s brain development, even one exposed to unrelenting adversity. Neuroscience shows us the critical structures to harness embedded potential and change a child’s trajectory. This session will explore core neurodevelopmental principles to inform how we can design environments – schools chief among them – to amplify cognitive development, learning readiness and potential in every child.

Our brains very significantly develop after we're born, and they develop because of the environments and the relationships that they're subjected to. So you have to take in this idea that we aren't born with the brain that we have. It was shaped.
Pamela Cantor

Explore More

Health

633 ideas
Sorry, we couldn't find any results
Clear filters
One Mind at a Time: Taking Neuroscience from the Lab to the Classroom

Thank you for signing up!

Please provide a valid email address.

Please provide a valid email address.
aerial 2019 campus
Newsletter
Sign up to receive the latest news from Aspen Ideas.