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Measuring the Effects of Education on Health and Civic Engagement - Proceedings of the Copenhagen Symposium

13-Sep-2006

This publication is organised around two major papers, one on the links between education and health, the other on the links between education and civic participation. The papers discuss methodological issues and provide a wealth of empirical results, which confirm the important effect education has in both domains.

Teacher Forums on Brain and Learning

15-Mar-2006

Join our interactive brain and learning forums for teaching practitioners. Current hot threads are on learning math problems and bilingual/intercultural teaching.

OECD launches data-analysis initiative to help space agencies and governments

21-Feb-2006

The OECD has launched a Global Forum on Space Economics to help space agencies and governments better analyse the opportunities and challenges of the space sector and its technology applications.
For more information please contact Mr. Pierre-Alain Schieb at pierre-alain.schieb@oecd.org.

Workshop Inciting the Practitioners Perspective - Brain Research and Learning

16-Jan-2006

Hosted by the Learning Lab Denmark in Copenhagen, the OECD/CERI Learning Sciences and Brain Research project held a workshop bringing together practitioners, neuro-scientists and educational specialists on 22 February 2006.

Seminar on Education, Cognition and the Brain

19-Oct-2005

This seminar was co-hosted by the Académie des Sciences in Paris on 9-10 November 2005.

Education, Cognition et Cerveau - un séminaire

19-Oct-2005

Ce séminaire a été co-organisé par l'Académie des Sciences à Paris le 9-10 novembre 2005.

POLICY BRIEF: Solutions in Space

12-Oct-2005

Space, and man's relationship to it, has captured the human imagination for centuries. During the 20th century, dreams of space exploration became reality, and now dozens of countries, in particular in the OECD area, devote major resources to space programes. But is this money well spent? Can we use space to find solutions to Earth's probelms? How can space help tacke major social challenges? Are space solutions cost-effective? Do space activities have a promising future? Why are framework conditions so important? How to improve space's contribution to society?

ARTE Documentary: "Apprendre - Un Curieux Phénomène"

09-Sep-2005

ARTE created a documentary on applying neuroscience in education which includes a special on the CERI Brain Project's "Emotions, Learning and Education" seminar in Copenhagen in 2004.

Reflections of the Lifelong Learning Network Meeting, Tokyo 2005

14-Jun-2005

View the interesting reflections by two educators present at the Lifelong Learning Network meeting which was held in Tokyo in January 2005, and the response from a renowned neuroscientist.

Report of the symposium on the design of rehabilitation software for dyscalculia

05-Apr-2005

A report on the symposium on the design of rehabilitation software for dyscalculia held at INSERM on September 20, 2003. The aim was to bring together scientific specialists in the fields of both dyscalculia and dyslexia in order to exchange their expertise and experience. Remedial tools that have already been pilot tested (and their outcomes), and others (notably computer software programmes) that are currently under development, in order to combat dyscalculia and dyslexia were presented by scientists from Austria, Finland, France, the UK and the USA.

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