Sponsored article: What can education learn from neuroscience?

The Education Endowment Foundation is an independent charity dedicated to breaking the link between family income and educational attainment. It funds rigorous evaluations of teaching and learning strategies that aim to raise pupils’ attainment. Its aim is to find out what is most likely to work effectively and support teachers and senior leaders to put that into action across the country. www.educationendowmentfoundation.org.uk The idea that a better understanding of how the brain works can improve teaching and learning is one that appeals to neuroscience researchers and teachers alike. Neuroscientists are keen to show how their work might improve learning, and educators are keen to learn what neuroscience has to offer. Evidence from neuroscience has been influencing classroom practice for some time now. But there is a danger that taking insights from such a rapidly developing field can lead to schools too readily accepting teaching practices that do not actually have a scienti