{"id":60,"date":"2023-04-17T12:55:00","date_gmt":"2023-04-17T10:55:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/local.school-time\/?p=35"},"modified":"2023-04-18T09:06:26","modified_gmt":"2023-04-18T07:06:26","slug":"cognitive-science","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.liberteschool.co.za\/primary\/cognitive-science\/","title":{"rendered":"Cognitive Science applied to Education"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>In the context of education, cognitive science is an interdisciplinary field of study concerned with understanding the nature of intelligence, learning and thinking and how it can be modelled and applied in educational contexts. It combines areas of neuroscience, neurology, linguistics and psychology.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Libert\u00e9 School uses science research in this field to improve teaching methods, learning outcomes, and student engagement. Some examples of its applications are:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Developing instructional strategies that support learning and memory, such as spaced repetition and elaboration.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Enhancing student motivation through the design of meaningful and relevant educational experiences.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Improving assessment practices, such as formative assessments, to better align with how students think and learn.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Designing enhanced learning environments that support student learning style, collaboration and creativity.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Overall, Libert\u00e9 school aims to inform and improve the design of educational practices, environments, and technologies that support student learning and development.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"How can cognitive science inform the future of education? | Lindsay Portnoy\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/rbhQ_euH7Ac?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Cognitive science is an interdisciplinary field of study concerned with understanding the nature of intelligence and how it can be modelled and applied in educational contexts. Libert\u00e9 School uses science research in this field to improve teaching methods, learning outcomes, and student engagement.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":452,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[18,19,5],"class_list":["post-60","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-cognitive-science","tag-cognitive-science","tag-education","tag-school","odd"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.liberteschool.co.za\/primary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/60","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.liberteschool.co.za\/primary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.liberteschool.co.za\/primary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.liberteschool.co.za\/primary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.liberteschool.co.za\/primary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=60"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/www.liberteschool.co.za\/primary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/60\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":458,"href":"https:\/\/www.liberteschool.co.za\/primary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/60\/revisions\/458"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.liberteschool.co.za\/primary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/452"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.liberteschool.co.za\/primary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=60"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.liberteschool.co.za\/primary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=60"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.liberteschool.co.za\/primary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=60"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}