Acabo de descubrir la existencia de una disciplina reciente denominada 'Neuroeducation' o 'Educational neuroscience'.
Wikipedia (s.v. educational neuroscience):
Educational
neuroscience (also called Mind Brain and Education; MBE) is an emerging
scientific field that brings together researchers in cognitive
neuroscience, developmental cognitive neuroscience, educational
psychology, educational technology, education theory and other related
disciplines to explore the interactions between biological processes and
education. Researchers in educational neuroscience investigate the
neural mechanisms of reading, numerical cognition, attention and their
attendant difficulties including dyslexia, dyscalculia and ADHD as they
relate to education. Researchers in this area may link basic findings in
cognitive neuroscience with educational technology to help in
curriculum implementation for mathematics education and reading
education. The aim of educational neuroscience is to generate basic and
applied research that will provide a new transdisciplinary account of
learning and teaching, which is capable of informing education. A major
goal of educational neuroscience is to bridge the gap between the two
fields through a direct dialogue between researchers and educators"
Hay
un par de artículos sobre esto en la wikipedia, muy interesantes (los
links abajo), cuya lectura me ha llevado a preguntarme si
el aprendizaje de algunas materias, ligadas a lo que se llaman los 'core
knowledge systems' (lenguaje y matemáticas, por ejemplo, para los que hay un "sustrato biológicamente determinado") se
produce igual que el aprendizaje de otras (como la historia o la
literatura). ¿Son los mecanismos psicológicos por los que aprenden
matemáticas los mismos implicados en
el aprendizaje de historia o literatura?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Learning_theory_(education)#Educational_Neuroscience
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Educational_Neuroscience
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