Connecting levels of analysis in educational neuroscience: A review of multi-level structure of educational neuroscience with concrete examples

• Published in: Trends in neuroscience and education Vol. 17; p. 100113
• Main Authors: Han, Hyemin, Soylu, Firat, Anchan, D. Mona
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Germany Elsevier GmbH 01-12-2019
• Subjects: Educational intervention; Educational neuroscience; Meta-analysis; Multi-level theoretical framework; Neuroimaging; Educational neuroscience; Neuroimaging; Multi-level theoretical framework; Educational intervention; Meta-analysis
• ISSN: 2211-9493; 2211-9493
• DOI: 10.1016/j.tine.2019.100113

In its origins educational neuroscience has started as an endeavor to discuss implications of neuroscience studies for education. However, it is now on its way to become a transdisciplinary field, incorporating findings, theoretical frameworks and methodologies from education, and cognitive and brain sciences. Given the differences and diversity in the originating disciplines, it has been a challenge for educational neuroscience to integrate both theoretical and methodological perspectives in education and neuroscience in a coherent way. We present a multi-level framework for educational neuroscience, which argues for integration of multiple levels of analysis, some originating in brain and cognitive sciences, others in education, as a roadmap for the future of educational neuroscience, with concrete examples in mathematical learning and moral education.