| WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 6 |
| 5:00 - 6:00 p.m. |
Registration |
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Longfellow Hall, Eliot Lyman
Room, Second Floor |
| 6:00 - 7:30 p.m. |
Conference Prelude: Relating Neuroscience to
Education |
Antonio Damasio, University of Iowa & Howard
Gardner, Harvard Graduate School of
Education |
Longfellow Hall, Askwith Lecture Hall, First Floor |
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GUIDING QUESTIONS |
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- How can neuroscience and education be related?
- How can neuroscience research and theory inform
education?
- How can educational practice, research, and theory
inform neuroscientific research?
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| THURSDAY, OCTOBER 7 |
| 8:15 - 8:30 a.m. |
Registration |
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Larsen Hall, Room G-08, Ground Floor |
| 8:30 - 9:15 a.m. |
Welcome, General Overview & Defining the
Field |
Kurt Fischer & Tami Katzir, Harvard Graduate
School of Education; Steven Hyman, Provost, Harvard
University; Ellen Condliffe Lagemann, Dean, Harvard
Graduate School of Education |
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GUIDING QUESTIONS |
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- Conference overview
- Relating biology, cognitive science, and education
- What is the usable knowledge available?
- How can it be used effectively?
- What assumptions underlie current research?
- How can education help define research agendas?
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| 9:15 - 10:45 a.m. |
Session 1: Successful Mind, Brain, & Education
Models |
Moderator: Kathleen McCartney, NICHD
Presenters: Maryanne Wolf & David Rose
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Current Model I: Reading and Dyslexia |
Analysis of literacy problems, and research to
evaluate relevant interventions
Maryanne Wolf and guest, Tufts University
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Current Model II: Universal Design for
Learning |
Use of cognitive science and neuroscience to frame
learning differences and build tools to support learning
David Rose and guest, CAST
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| 10:45 - 11:00 a.m. |
BREAK |
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| 11:00 -12:30 p.m. |
Session 2: Ability and Performance |
Moderator: Kenneth Kosik, Harvard Medical School
Presenters: Elizabeth Spelke & Robert Plomin
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Genetics and Cognitive Performance |
Brain, Mind, and
Education: Genetic Links
Robert Plomin and Yulia Kovas, University College, London
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Mathematics |
Cognitive neuroscientific analyses of development
and learning
of mathematics
Elizabeth Spelke, Harvard University Department
of Psychology
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| 12:30 -1:45 p.m. |
LUNCH |
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Gutman Conference Center |
| 1:45 - 3:15 p.m. |
Session 3: Language, Culture, and the Brain |
Moderator: Tami Katzir, Harvard Graduate School of
Education
Presenters: Laura-Ann Petitto & Usha Goswami
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Bilingualism and Sign Language |
Bilingualism and sign language in neurological
and cultural aspects of learning
Laura-Ann Petitto and Kevin Dunbar, Dartmouth University
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Speech and Literacy Across Languages |
Cross-linguistic studies and their relation to
educational issues
Usha Goswami and Denes Szucs, University of Cambridge
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| 3:15 - 3:30 p.m. |
BREAK |
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| 3:30 - 5:00 p.m. |
Session 4: Emotions, Learning, and Neuroscience |
Moderator: Paul Harris, Harvard Graduate School of
Education
Presenters: John Gabrieli & Catherine Ayoub
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Emotions and Neuroscience |
Emotions in learning and brain function
John Gabrieli and guest, Stanford University
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Emotional Regulation, Trauma, and Development |
Diverse pathways of emotional development: Experience
and biology
Catherine Ayoub and Gabrielle Rappolt-Schlichtmann, Harvard Graduate School of
Education
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| 7:00 p.m. |
Session 5: Reception and Dinner |
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Harvard Faculty Club |
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Building Bridges in Mind, Brain and Education |
John Bruer, McDonnell Foundation |
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GUIDING QUESTIONS |
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What are the frameworks within which basic sciences
can and cannot help education?
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| FRIDAY, OCTOBER 8 |
| 8:30 - 9:00 a.m. |
Coffee and Conversation |
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| 9:00 - 9:15 a.m. |
Overview of the Second Day |
Tami Katzir, Harvard Graduate School of
Education |
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GUIDING QUESTIONS |
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Modeling learning and development
The future of mind, brain & education:
- Graduate Programs
- Schools
- Ethnical and interdisciplinary challenges
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| 9:15 - 10:45 a.m. |
Session 6: New Methods: Modeling Growth in Learning
and Teaching |
Moderator: John Willett, Harvard Graduate School of
Education
Presenters: Kurt Fischer & Paul van Geert
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Dynamics of Cognitive Development, Learning and
the Brain |
Cognitive development and learning: Analyzing
the building of skills in classrooms and in neural
systems
Kurt Fischer, Harvard Graduate School of Education,
Marc Schwartz, McGill University, & Michael
Connell, Harvard Graduate School of Education
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Dynamic Systems Tools for Modeling, Learning,
and Teaching |
Dynamic modeling of growth curves for students
and teachers
Paul van Geert and guest, Groningen University,
The Netherlands
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| 10:45 - 11:00 a.m. |
BREAK |
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| 11:00 a.m. - 12:00 noon |
Session 7: Development of the Field:
Graduate Programs and Research Centers
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Moderator: Antonio Battro, Argentine Academy of
Sciences
Presenters: Kurt Fischer, Harvard Graduate School of
Education; Usha Goswami, Cambridge University; Laura-Ann
Pettito, Dartmouth University; Manfred Spitzer, University
of Ulm
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GUIDING QUESTIONS |
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What are the requirements and challenges
for setting up an effective Mind, Brain, and Education
program?
What are the cross-cultural issues for Mind, Brain,
and Education?
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| 12:00 noon -1:15 p.m. |
LUNCH |
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Gutman Conference Center |
| 1:15 - 2:15 p.m. |
Session 8: Mind, Brain, and Education in Schools |
Moderator: David Rose, CAST
Presenters: Jennifer Chidsey, Tom Liao, and
Bruce Stewart, Ross School;
Christopher Murphy and Robert Kahn, Landmark School
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GUIDING QUESTIONS |
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How can mind, brain, and education be integrated
into practice and assessment in schools? |
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| 2:15 - 2:30 p.m. |
BREAK |
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| 2:30 - 3:30 p.m. |
Session 9: The Big Picture: Mind, Brain, and
Education and Interdisciplinarity: Ethics, Problems,
and Potentials |
Objectives and vocabulary for relating biology,
cognitive science, & education
Ethical concerns: “optimal brain organization”,
cognitive enhancements, commercialization, accessibility
of biology-based interventions
Moderator: John Bruer, McDonnell Foundation
Presenter: Howard Gardner, Harvard Graduate School of
Education
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| 3:30 - 5:00 p.m. |
Session 10: Conference Wrap Up & Discussion |
Discussion of the conference and future directions
Kurt Fischer & Tami Katzir, Harvard Graduate School of
Education
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| *Program
subject to change* |
