What if the education of Bhishma in the Mahabharata is viewed through the modern lenses of cognitive psychology, neuroscience, creativity, and neuroeducation? This is a modern, interpretive reading of Bhishma’s education through cognitive psychology, neuroscience, creativity, and neuroeducation — not a claim that the Mahabharata anticipated modern science. Rather than treating mythology as neuroscience, we … Continue reading Bhishma’s Gurus: An Ancient Thought Experiment in Neuroeducation
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Learning Styles: A Neuromyth We Need to Rethink
Inspired loosely by an article by Dr. Shilpa Kapur Singh, this blog post revisits the widely accepted idea that students possess fixed learning styles such as visual, auditory, reading or writing, or kinesthetic. Although learners clearly differ in their preferences, abilities, prior knowledge, motivation, and learning needs, research doesn't provide convincing evidence that matching instruction … Continue reading Learning Styles: A Neuromyth We Need to Rethink