Mind, Brain, and Education: New Paradigm in the Education World?

In the education world, the research movement of integrating our mind, brain, and education (MBE) has received increasing attention nowadays. Educators and neuroscientists are now working together to understand how learning and the brain are related, and how this interconnectedness will better inform our educational policies and school systems.

This recent academic movement represents an integral or holistic perspective, because the research of our mind and brain had been investigated separately in the past. Many scientists and educators came to recognize the importance of seeking to understand the connections between our thinking (UL), brain (UR), and learning processes (UR). This academic trend stands for a kind of holistic movement in the education world in that educators and scientists begin to notice the importance of integrating various different academic fields such as cognitive science, neuroscience, developmental psychology, pedagogy, etc.

Furthermore, this academic movement has a positive impact on an education culture (LL), policy (LR), and curriculum (LR). In fact, a new finding in the field of neuroscience is incorporated into an education policy and curriculum to provide children with a better learning environment. 

          The above academic collaboration between mind, brain, and education is really fascinating for me. I believe mind, brain, and education program will be the key in the future to support children’s psychological growth (UL), enhance learning effect (UR), create a positive school culture (LL), and build an educational policy and practice. If educators and scientists come to consider not only quadrants but also other elements for instance levels, states, types, and lines in Integral Theory, this movement will be more integral. In that sense, current mind, body, and education endeavor might be still holistic rather than integral.