ISBN : 9782924651698
Year of publication : 2022
Nombre de pages : 217
Langue : Anglais#French</trp-gettext#!trpEnglish#
This book sheds light on the structure and functioning of the brain, the neuropsychological foundations of learning and development in children, and the neuroscience-based educational approaches that enable us to work with students with special needs or learning difficulties. It provides an overview of current knowledge and discoveries in the field of neuroscience research, including what the latest brain imaging techniques reveal about the brain and how it functions at different stages of life, as well as its role in the acquisition of skills such as reading, writing and arithmetic. The book also includes scientific analyses of the main problems affecting children, such as developmental disorders and learning difficulties. In short, this book takes stock of current knowledge at the crossroads of neuroscience and education, and points to new avenues of research to improve our educational practices.
Gerardo Restrepo, PhD, is Professor of Developmental Neuropsychology and Learning, as well as Head of Graduate Studies and Co-Head of the Pierre-H. Ruel Clinic in the Department of Social and School Adaptation Studies, Faculty of Education, Université de Sherbrooke. His research focuses on the links between emotions and cognition, and more specifically on the effects of emotions on the executive functions of school-age children. He is also interested in new evidence-based educational intervention strategies, such as educational neuroscience and school neuropsychology.
Michèle Venet holds a Ph.D. in psychology and is a professor of psychology in the Department of Social and School Adaptation in the Faculty of Education at the Université de Sherbrooke. Her training and research career led her to focus first on cognitive development, then on social-emotional development, from preschool through adolescence. These two initial areas of research led her to focus her subsequent research on the links between affect and cognition, particularly in the context of relationships between adults (parents and teachers) and children, and in the work of Russian psychologist Lev Semyonovitch Vygotsky.
