0:00:05.920,0:00:06.481 (Lia Commissar) Hi! This morning 0:00:06.497,0:00:08.768 I'm going to talk about education and[br]neuroscience, 0:00:08.768,0:00:10.641 both generally as a field [br]that's developing 0:00:10.957,0:00:14.203 but also, the specific work [br]that we've been doing in this field. 0:00:15.164,0:00:21.330 The Wellcome Trust -- OK -- 0:00:21.453,0:00:23.245 the Wellcome Trust, for those of you[br]who don't know, 0:00:23.245,0:00:26.252 is the second largest charitable [br]foundation globally, 0:00:26.252,0:00:27.508 with the aim of improving health. 0:00:27.570,0:00:31.571 And it does that by funding lots of[br]bio-medical research, but also 0:00:31.571,0:00:33.783 by funding work in the social science[br]and humanities, 0:00:33.783,0:00:36.674 funding lots of education work,[br]doing lots of engagement work 0:00:36.938,0:00:40.332 and also lots of policy work. 0:00:40.332,0:00:43.954 So I'm going to talk through a few things[br]this morning. 0:00:43.954,0:00:46.676 Firstly, what has neuroscience got to do[br]with education? 0:00:47.021,0:00:50.307 What impact does it have on education[br]at the moment? 0:00:50.369,0:00:53.949 The work that we've been doing and then,[br]thinking about the future. 0:00:53.949,0:00:58.430 So, what has neuroscience got to do[br]with education? 0:00:58.430,0:01:01.477 Well, if education is about [br]learning something, 0:01:01.477,0:01:03.637 be it knowledge or a skill, 0:01:03.637,0:01:05.644 and neuroscience is the study of [br]the nervous system and the brain, 0:01:05.644,0:01:08.114 then they're pretty linked, in my opinion. 0:01:08.191,0:01:13.580 And it's not new to kind of talk about[br]the brain, in relation to education. 0:01:13.580,0:01:16.029 People have been discussing this, [br]critiquing it, 0:01:16.029,0:01:17.609 debating it for lots of years. 0:01:17.623,0:01:21.765 There is loads of research papers out there [br]with titles such as 0:01:22.518,0:01:25.683 "A Bridge too far", [br]"Its a Prime time to build a bridge", 0:01:27.239,0:01:31.236 "A two-way path is possible", [br]"Booting the bridge from by thence". (check) 0:01:31.629,0:01:33.753 So lots of people have been talking [br]about this bridge 0:01:33.753,0:01:35.839 but not many people have been building it. 0:01:35.839,0:01:38.162 And, this is kind of understandable 0:01:38.162,0:01:42.561 because its probably only really in [br]the last 10 years that neuroscience is, 0:01:42.561,0:01:45.840 the understanding from neuroscience [br]has evolved significantly 0:01:45.840,0:01:49.797 that we can start to think about how [br]it may have implications for the classroom. 0:01:50.471,0:01:54.482 And this is really exciting [br]and there is lots of potential 0:01:54.482,0:01:56.165 and its really understanding, 0:01:56.165,0:01:59.752 you can understand why teachers, [br]why policy makers, 0:02:00.284,0:02:05.281 why technologists want to start applying [br]some of these ideas to education. 0:02:06.007,0:02:09.278 But my word of warning that will go [br]throughout this presentation 0:02:09.278,0:02:13.633 really is about waiting and doing [br]the research and finding out 0:02:13.633,0:02:16.549 whether these things are actually going [br]to be helpful and impactful 0:02:16.549,0:02:17.584 in the classroom. 0:02:18.418,0:02:20.565 And the other thing that I must say [br]just before i go on 0:02:20.565,0:02:24.796 is that I am not saying in any way that [br]neuroscience alone is the answer 0:02:24.796,0:02:26.581 and its going to solve all our problems 0:02:26.581,0:02:28.987 or can tell us everything [br]about the classroom,: 0:02:28.987,0:02:31.638 that's a very complex ecosystem. 0:02:31.994,0:02:37.038 But, neuroscience is [br]a kind of a new-ish field 0:02:37.047,0:02:40.580 where we can start using that[br]alongside psychology, 0:02:40.580,0:02:44.428 alongside educational research[br]and alongside teacher's knowledge 0:02:44.663,0:02:48.019 to build something really good [br]for the future 0:02:48.019,0:02:51.048 and see if we can start improving [br]learning in the class room. 2.51