Benefits and obstacles in implementation of Neuroscientific approach in education

Abstract

Although relation between brain and education is known for long time, facts known about brain organization and functioning were not found to be useful in the process of education till recently. New field named as Neuroeducation, or Mind, Brain and Education is interdisciplinary scientific field that merge Neuroscience and Education in order to implement knowledge from brain science into process of education. The main scope of Neuroeducation is to investigate relations between biology of cognitive processes on one side, and learning and education on the other side. Birth of Neuroeducation as a "child" from "unnatural marriage" between Neuroscience and Education as parents, opened many questions but also great expectations. In this paper we summarize benefits and obstacles in the relatively new field of Neuroeducation trying to predict its further development and outcomes.