Starting from the roots of teacher education: Inclusion of educational neuroscience in teacher training in India
- Title
- Starting from the roots of teacher education: Inclusion of educational neuroscience in teacher training in India
- Creator
- Suresh S.; Kureethara J.V.; Vijaya R.
- Description
- Educational neuroscience has warranted much research and showed much promise in recent times. However, there is a lack of effective bridging between research in this field and its implementation in actual classroom settings. In order to bridge this gap, a key strategy is to include educational neuroscience in teacher training and education. The current study uses a survey method to assess student-teachers' awareness, opinions, and openness toward educational neuroscience concepts and techniques. This study examines a snowball sample of 83 Indian student-teachers who joined the Bachelor of Education program in 2018, 2019, and 2020. The results of this study indicate that although most student-teachers are aware of certain techniques, they are unaware that it is part of educational neuroscience. Further, the student-teachers also showed interest in learning such techniques and considered it relevant and useful in classroom teaching. Finally, this study also highlights the role of decision-makers in including educational neuroscience in the B.Ed. program, possibly as an optional paper. The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2021. All rights reserved.
- Source
- Neuro-Systemic Applications in Learning, pp. 163-177.
- Date
- 2021-01-01
- Publisher
- Springer International Publishing
- Subject
- Classroom practices; Educational neuroscience; Teacher training; Training in educational neuroscience
- Coverage
- Suresh S., Department of Psychology, Christ University, Bangalore, India; Kureethara J.V., Department of Mathematics, Christ University, Bangalore, Karnataka, India; Vijaya R., Department of Psychology, Christ University, Bangalore, India
- Rights
- Restricted Access
- Relation
- ISBN: 978-303072400-9; 978-303072399-6
- Format
- Online
- Language
- English
- Type
- Book chapter
Collection
Citation
Suresh S.; Kureethara J.V.; Vijaya R., “Starting from the roots of teacher education: Inclusion of educational neuroscience in teacher training in India,” CHRIST (Deemed To Be University) Institutional Repository, accessed April 20, 2025, https://archives.christuniversity.in/items/show/18725.