Neuroscience and Education – an Incompatible Relationship

Datos Bibliográficos

ID12912486
AutoresAlka Sehgal Cuthbert (University of Cambridge, autor de correspondencia)
Año2015
Volumen9
Número1
Páginas49-61
Fecha de publicación2015-01-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaSociology Compass (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 1751-9020 • E-ISSN: 1751-9020
EditorialWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1111/soc4.12233
OpenAlexW1539256620
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas2
Referencias citadas55

To date, there has been little opposition to the growing influence of cognitive neuroscience in education from the education profession itself. However there is growing criticism from the fields of psychology and philosophy. This paper aims to summarize the central arguments found in literature critical of the claims made by cognitive neuroscientists who advocate its potential to improve education. The paper is organized around three sections which draw together assessments from psychology, philosophy and sociology of education. The first, “Brain, Mind and Culture,” lays out the general argument against neuro‐education and evaluates two common assumptions made by advocates of neuro‐education: that there is a causal relationship between brain and mind and that learning is a central tenet of education. The second section, “Promises and Problems,” critically considers an example of neuro‐educational research and then goes on to discuss how neuro‐education has detrimental consequences for two necessary conditions of liberal subject‐based education; disciplinarity and pedagogic authority. The final section, “Discourses of Risk, Vulnerability and Optimal Outcomes,” considers wider sociological literature to locate neuro‐education within its contemporary cultural context. The paper concludes with a summary of the main philosophical and moral objections to neuro‐education

Argument (complex analysis · Cognition · Context (archaeology · Criticism · Epistemology · Higher education · Opposition (politics · Philosophy of education · Political science · Politics · Social science · Sociology · Law · Neuroscience · Neuroscience, Education and Cognitive Function · Psychology