What is learning?

Course description

This course deals with important neuroscience themes and tips for the learning process. It addresses, from a scientific perspective, how the construction of knowledge happens in the brain, considering the learning process also related to other dimensions of the human being.

5h Workload
    
Certification Available

Objectives

  • Understand that the brain is necessary for learning, but it is not sufficient.
  • Understand that the brain uses some reference from the past to understand what is happening in the present moment.
  • Know the four characteristics that must be present in the teaching methodology: attention, engagement, feedback, and interval/sleep.

Study units

  • 1
    The brain and learning
  • 2
    Attention
  • 3
    Engagement
  • 4
    Feedback or return
  • 5
    Interval and sleep

Dedication

  • Theoretical study (80%)
  • Activities (20%)

Student commitment

  • Access
  • Study
  • Perform the activity
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