Constructions of Neuroscience in Early Childhood Education

List of contents

Preface 1. Introduction: Constructions of Truth in Early Childhood Education: A History of the Present Abuse of Neurosciences 2. The Neuroturn in Education: Between the Scylla of Psychologisation and the Charybdis of Digitalization? 3. Using your Brain: Child Development, Parenting and Politics of Evidence 4. Anything to Divert Attention from Poverty 5. The Complexity of Translating Neuroscience to Education: The Case of Number Processing Discussion

About the author

Michel Vandenbroeck is head of the Department of Social Work and Social Pedagogy at Ghent University.

Product details

• Authors: Jan De Vos, Wim Fias, Fias Wim, Liselott Mariett Olsson, Helen Penn, Penn Helen, Michel Vandenbroeck, Michel (Ghent University Vandenbroeck, Vandenbroeck Michel, Dave Wastell, Sue White, White Sue
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 29.06.2017
• EAN: 9781138214811
• ISBN: 978-1-138-21481-1
• No. of pages: 98
• Series: Contesting Early Childhood
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Education > Education system; SCIENCE / Life Sciences / Neuroscience, EDUCATION / Educational Psychology, PSYCHOLOGY / Developmental / Child, EDUCATION / Learning Styles, Educational psychology, Child & developmental psychology, Neurosciences, Child, developmental and lifespan psychology, Pre-school & kindergarten, Pre-school and kindergarten