Introduction
CPD: MARGE Model for Learning (by Nimish Lad), topic 1.1.1
The Brain
Much has been said and written about cognitive science and its application in the classroom, but too often it has been confused with neuroscience.
Cognitive vs neuroscience
- While cognitive science deals with more abstract processes such as cognition, neuroscience deals with more tangible effects such as changes in the electrical signals within the brain.
- These two fields have found an area of overlap since the advent of functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI), which can be used to map regions of the brain that become active throughout the learning process.
MARGE
- When discussing the brain, it is important to understand that the parts of the brain do not operate in isolation in the learning process.
- MARGE is a whole-brain approach to learning, different from other ideas such as learning styles, or left-brain right-brain dominance theory.
- The various parts of the brain do not lend themselves to any single preferred method of learning for an individual.
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What invention caused neuroscience and cognitive science to overlap?