Embedding educational technologies in early years education

Educational neuroscience: the early years.

A s developmental cognitive neuroscience explores mechanisms of change at the cognitive and neural systems level, a focus is beginning to emerge on the role of educational experiences in shaping the specific functional circuits that give rise to complex cognitive skills such as reading or math. Such studies mark the emergence of educational neuroscience. This interdisciplinary field tackles que...

Educational Technologies in Medical and Health Sciences Education

The early years. Evaluating Montessori education.

Investments In educatIon: the eaRly yeaRs offeR GReat potentIal

Investments in education are of great importance for the competitiveness of the German economy. In particular, early childhood education programs promise high returns—because children can benefit from them even years later and find it easier to acquire new skills. These are the results of research in the field of the economics of education in recent years, at least when high quality programs ar...

Multimedia Technologies in Education

As different means of information visualization become more popular and available both as commercial or open source products, there is an opportunity to use them in the education process by providing students with a larger variety of tools for mastering the required information and skills related to a learning object. The chapter discusses the use of various multimedia tools and edutainment (an...