Long abstract

Podcast on Understanding the Brain with Koji Miyamoto, OECD Education Directorate

How does the brain change as we learn? And how does the way we learn change as we age? Can we slow the development of brain disorders like dementia and Alzheimer’s? The co-author of Understanding the Brain: The Birth of a Learning Science , Koji Miyamoto from the OECD’s Centre for Educational Research and Innovation , explains the answers neuroscience is beginning to provide to these questions and discusses how people can be helped to learn at every stage of life    

Focus

The report focuses on two broad areas: health, and civic and social engagement.

Understanding the Social Outcomes of Learning
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