Advantages and disadvantages of brain research for education.

Autor/in	Rittelmeyer, Christian
Titel	Advantages and disadvantages of brain research for education.
Quelle	In: Research bulletin (Research institute for Waldorf education), 14 (2009) 1, S. 17-24 PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Link als defekt meldenVerfügbarkeit
Sprache	deutsch
Dokumenttyp	online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
Schlagwörter	Grundlagenforschung; Methode; Lernen; Methode; Grundlagenforschung; Entstehung; Lernen; Neurowissenschaften; Neurowissenschaften; Kulturelle Bildung; Entstehung; Wirkungsforschung
Abstract	Brain research has brought us some useful insights and a deeper understanding of teaching and learning. Some research results, however, only confirm what we already know or believe we know about education. These results are important because they provide a necessary background for educational policy and because they deepen our knowledge. Other research opens new and sometimes surprising insights into the organic basis of human development. One of the most important insights is discovery of the environment-dependent plasticity of the human brain. Brain structure may change continually, particularly during childhood, but also in adults, dependent on experience and the spiritual activity of the individual. To some degree, human beings continue to develop new brain structures as they stimulate some areas and neglect others, depending on their activities and interests. This development relates not only to the renewal of synaptic connections between brain cells and those areas that are particularly stimulated (e.g., through skilled occupation), but, as new research suggests, to experiences that encourage a regeneration of cells, at least in some areas of the brain (this is called neurogenesis, and occurs, for example, when olfactory neurons react to a new scent).
Erfasst von	Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Institut für Pädagogik, Lehrstuhl II
Update	2016/2