Bringing brain and cognitive research to school: scientific outreach project with strategies for students and teachers
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Resumo: | Introduction: The need to bring the mind, brain and education research field to the classroom has been widely recognized. Setting a weekly activity with students and teachers was proposed to share neuroscientific knowledge and to promote effective learning techniques by opening a space for interdisciplinary debate and future projects. Aim: To share the preliminary results of our qualitative evaluation in the first year of a two-year project. Materials and Methods: Participants are 148 Portuguese students from 10 to 13 years old, attending elementary school (5th and 6th grade, four classes from each year) and 16 school-teachers. Every week on Tuesdays this day was dedicated to mind, brain and education talks, with debate and several activities. These work sessions are informally called Mind Gym (Ginásio Mental, in Portuguese). Each session was hosted by a facilitator trained in cognitive science. Results: Our results suggest student engagement is higher but not reaching our goals of using the knowledge in their study organization. Teachers highlight the problems of schedule (colliding with their classes) and meeting curriculum goals to implement this kind of project. Conclusion: The first year’s results suggest a gap between the initial design and its implementation. Students’ engagement is better than knowledge transfer to better practices. The activity is lacking teacher’s engagement and there is an absence of interdisciplinary work. To further develop this kind of project it is vital to improve the connection between schools and research, highlighting evidence-based practice as a result of good interdisciplinary work, and to enable building informal relationships with all participants since the design phase. Since it is an ongoing project, these results are going to be translated into the second year of the project. |
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Bringing brain and cognitive research to school: scientific outreach project with strategies for students and teachersDa investigação sobre o cérebro e a cognição para escola: projeto de divulgação e de promoção de estratégias para alunos e professoresIntroduction: The need to bring the mind, brain and education research field to the classroom has been widely recognized. Setting a weekly activity with students and teachers was proposed to share neuroscientific knowledge and to promote effective learning techniques by opening a space for interdisciplinary debate and future projects. Aim: To share the preliminary results of our qualitative evaluation in the first year of a two-year project. Materials and Methods: Participants are 148 Portuguese students from 10 to 13 years old, attending elementary school (5th and 6th grade, four classes from each year) and 16 school-teachers. Every week on Tuesdays this day was dedicated to mind, brain and education talks, with debate and several activities. These work sessions are informally called Mind Gym (Ginásio Mental, in Portuguese). Each session was hosted by a facilitator trained in cognitive science. Results: Our results suggest student engagement is higher but not reaching our goals of using the knowledge in their study organization. Teachers highlight the problems of schedule (colliding with their classes) and meeting curriculum goals to implement this kind of project. Conclusion: The first year’s results suggest a gap between the initial design and its implementation. Students’ engagement is better than knowledge transfer to better practices. The activity is lacking teacher’s engagement and there is an absence of interdisciplinary work. To further develop this kind of project it is vital to improve the connection between schools and research, highlighting evidence-based practice as a result of good interdisciplinary work, and to enable building informal relationships with all participants since the design phase. Since it is an ongoing project, these results are going to be translated into the second year of the project.Introdução: A necessidade de ligar o campo de investigação da mente, cérebro e educação à sala de aula tem sido amplamente reconhecida. Propôs-se estabelecer uma atividade semanal com alunos e professores para divulgar conhecimentos neurocientíficos e promover técnicas eficazes de aprendizagem, abrindo um espaço para debates interdisciplinares e projetos futuros. Objetivo: Apresentar os resultados preliminares da avaliação qualitativa durante o primeiro ano de implementação de um projeto de dois anos. Materiais e Métodos: Participaram 148 estudantes portugueses entre os 10 e 13 anos de idade, a frequentarem o ensino básico (5º e 6º ano, 4 turmas de cada ano) e 16 professores. Durante o ano letivo de 2018/2019, todas as semanas, o dia de terça-feira foi dedicado para palestras sobre mente, cérebro e educação, com debates e diversas atividades. Essas sessões de trabalho estavam abertas a todos os interessados (alunos e professores), denominadas informalmente de Ginásio Mental, e dinamizadas por um facilitador especializado em Ciência Cognitiva. Resultados: Os nossos resultados sugerem que o envolvimento dos alunos é grande, mas ainda não atinge os objetivos inicialmente propostos de transferir o conhecimento para o estudo autónomo, nomeadamente, a organização dos estudos. Os professores destacam como obstáculos os problemas de horário (colidindo com as aulas) e o cumprimento das metas curriculares para implementar esse tipo de projeto. Conclusão: Os resultados do primeiro ano sugerem uma lacuna entre o desenho inicial e sua implementação. O envolvimento dos alunos é mais visível do que a transferência de conhecimento para melhores práticas. As sessões não têm o envolvimento dos professores como seria pretendido e ainda não se conseguiu alcançar um trabalho interdisciplinar. Para aumentar o sucesso de projetos neste formato, é vital melhorar a conexão entre a pesquisa e as escolas, destacando a prática baseada em evidência como resultado de um bom trabalho interdisciplinar e permitir a construção de relacionamentos informais com todos os participantes desde a fase de desenho do projeto. Por se tratar de um projeto em curso, os resultados agora obtidos serão transferidos para o segundo ano do projeto.Universidade Católica Portuguesa2021-01-04info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersioninfo:eu-repo/semantics/articleapplication/pdfhttps://doi.org/10.34632/cadernosdesaude.2021.9592https://doi.org/10.34632/cadernosdesaude.2021.9592Cadernos de Saúde; Vol 13 No 1 (2021); 39-48Cadernos de Saúde; v. 13 n. 1 (2021); 39-482795-43581647-055910.34632/cadernosdesaude.2021.13.1reponame:Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)instname:Agência para a Sociedade do Conhecimento (UMIC) - FCT - Sociedade da Informaçãoinstacron:RCAAPporhttps://revistas.ucp.pt/index.php/cadernosdesaude/article/view/9592https://revistas.ucp.pt/index.php/cadernosdesaude/article/view/9592/9916Direitos de Autor (c) 2021 Jorge Amorimhttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessAmorim, Jorge2023-10-03T15:47:58Zoai:ojs.revistas.ucp.pt:article/9592Portal AgregadorONGhttps://www.rcaap.pt/oai/openaireopendoar:71602024-03-19T20:33:10.102743Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos) - Agência para a Sociedade do Conhecimento (UMIC) - FCT - Sociedade da Informaçãofalse |
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Bringing brain and cognitive research to school: scientific outreach project with strategies for students and teachers Da investigação sobre o cérebro e a cognição para escola: projeto de divulgação e de promoção de estratégias para alunos e professores |
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Bringing brain and cognitive research to school: scientific outreach project with strategies for students and teachers Amorim, Jorge |
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Introduction: The need to bring the mind, brain and education research field to the classroom has been widely recognized. Setting a weekly activity with students and teachers was proposed to share neuroscientific knowledge and to promote effective learning techniques by opening a space for interdisciplinary debate and future projects. Aim: To share the preliminary results of our qualitative evaluation in the first year of a two-year project. Materials and Methods: Participants are 148 Portuguese students from 10 to 13 years old, attending elementary school (5th and 6th grade, four classes from each year) and 16 school-teachers. Every week on Tuesdays this day was dedicated to mind, brain and education talks, with debate and several activities. These work sessions are informally called Mind Gym (Ginásio Mental, in Portuguese). Each session was hosted by a facilitator trained in cognitive science. Results: Our results suggest student engagement is higher but not reaching our goals of using the knowledge in their study organization. Teachers highlight the problems of schedule (colliding with their classes) and meeting curriculum goals to implement this kind of project. Conclusion: The first year’s results suggest a gap between the initial design and its implementation. Students’ engagement is better than knowledge transfer to better practices. The activity is lacking teacher’s engagement and there is an absence of interdisciplinary work. To further develop this kind of project it is vital to improve the connection between schools and research, highlighting evidence-based practice as a result of good interdisciplinary work, and to enable building informal relationships with all participants since the design phase. Since it is an ongoing project, these results are going to be translated into the second year of the project. |
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