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How can cognitive science inform the future of education?

November 12, 2019 Lindsay Portnoy
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How can cognitive science inform the future of education?

  • The education field has a wealth of cognitive science research that reveals how people learn, yet the applied practice happening is schools shows an enormous disconnect.

  • Things like school bells, siloed 'one-hour-one-subject' classes, traditional grades, and standardized testing are outdated design features of the education system.

  • Equitably educating all learners across diverse populations to help them be as successful as possible will require education innovators to put cognitive science to work in the field, and to re-educate policymakers on what school could look like.

Listen in/watch here: https://bigthink.com/yes-every-kid/how-can-cognitive-science-inform-the-future-of-education

Tags Big Think, cognitive science, designed to learn, design thinking, metacognition, self-regulated learning, epistemology
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