Integrating Curriculum and Pedagogy for Math and Science Using Models of Mind, Brain, and Behavior
Some things are so obvious that it is easy to overlook them. One way to improve math and science education is to provide relevant, engaging content. What is more significant to a person than the way one’s mind, brain and behavior are interrelated? People of all ages are naturally interested in how they are, and how they come to be. As educators, our role is to guide natural development to an optimal outcome.
A few years ago, I had the pleasure to work at Boston University for 4 years as Director of Curriculum Development, Center for Excellence in Education, Science and Technology, a National Science Foundation Science of Learning Center. My job was to design and deliver online games and print material to teach K-16 students something about neural systems that support perception, emotion, cognition, and action. Students learned about themselves and others using interactive, holistic games along with mathematical models of their experience. I described this work in an online journal article. Check it out. There are also very interesting articles by others in a Special Issue on Interactive Educational Media for the Neural and Cognitive Sciences of Brains, Minds & Media: Journal of New Media in Neural and Cognitive Science and Education.
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