Question: How can teachers become involved in neuro research? #edneuro

Andy Tolmie answered on 19 Apr 2015:

Many of the centres and groups involved in educational neuroscience research run activities that are designed to build relationship with teachers who are interested in that work. For instance, the centre I’m part of, the Centre for Educational Neuroscience in London (http://www.educationalneuroscience.org.uk/), runs weekly seminars aimed at an audience of researchers, students and teachers, and we have an upcoming workshop for teachers and other education professionals on 9th May. We also run a masters programme as a joint enterprise between Birkbeck and UCL Institute of Education. There is also an organization called Learnus (http://www.learnus.co.uk/) who exist to promote connections between teachers and researchers, and run frequent twilight workshops in different locations to bring people together. The Wellcome Trust’s Education and Learning Team (http://www.wellcome.ac.uk/Education-resources/Education-and-learning/The-team/index.htm) run similar types of event, and have an email network that helps promote communication. There are lots of ways of getting connected! The best way to become involved is to pick up some of these links, and use them as an opportunity to talk to researchers about your interests in the area – many of us are looking to develop strong partnerships with schools to take joint research forward, so you’re guaranteed a receptive audience!