Module B: Human Development Brain and Language Development Education Foundations, , 8822
Overview Brain development: neuroscience and education The brain’s physical structure Brain development Brain development and environment Neuroscience and education Limitations of neuroscience Image retrieved from:
Language development Language as a social and psychological tool Language development in adolescence Language development and environment Implications for teachers Image retrieved from: development-guide.com/child-language- development.html
Brain Development: Neuroscience and Education The brain’s physical structures Image retrieved from:
The neuron receives messages through its dendrites and passes messages along its axons and across the synapse to other cells (Krause, et al., 2010) Image retrieved from:
Brain development Generation of new cells Synaptogenesis myelination
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Brain development and environment ‘Pruning’ of synaptic networks Language and thinking Mother-infant interaction
Applications of neuroscience in education Working memory Image retrieved from training/working-memory-attention-executive-function/
Applications of neuroscience in education, cont’d Emotion and thinking Image retrieved from also-important/
Applications of neuroscience in education, cont’d Connections in thinking: multiple representations, perspectives and prior knowledge Image retrieved from
Applications of neuroscience in education, cont’d Attention and mental visualisation Image retrieved from mental-imagery.html Image retrieved from /can-visualization-make-you-stronger/
Limitations of neuroscience Image retrieved from Study of human potentials vs. Study of developmental status quo
Language: a social and psychological tool Social interaction Acquisition of academic skills and concepts Development of consciousness and self- regulation
Language development in adolescence 5 language systems: Phonology; Semantics; Morphology; Syntax; and Pragmatics Development in adolescence: Vocabulary Syntax Metalinguistic awareness Abstract thinking Image retrieved from: nkiller/Human-Development- Life-Cycle/
Language development and environment Joint attention Language input Image retrieved from: cat=62&paged=2
Implications for teachers Student-teacher and peer interaction Conceptual talks Student-directed interaction Image retrieved from: iewarticle/191