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Vol. 2 No. 1 (2023): Taming the brain to better teach: To Have and To Be!

NEUROSCIENCES ET ÉDUCATION: QUELLE PERTINENCE POUR L’UNIVERSITÉ MAROCAINE?

DOI
https://doi.org/10.26034/cortica.2023.3662
Submitted
February 20, 2023
Published
2023-03-20

Abstract

Neuroscientific knowledge now provides sufficient information on the mechanisms of learning to modify teaching and training practices. The present research is motivated by the need to verify whether Moroccan university teachers are informed of the contribution of neuroscience and whether they exploit neuroscientific knowledge in their teaching practices to promote learning, knowing that a better understanding of the brain mechanisms of learning could facilitate the application of knowledge from research and thus promote the academic success of students.  A qualitative research was conducted in this sense. Semi-structured interviews were conducted with teacher-researchers at Cadi Ayyad University. The results obtained show that neurosciences are still shunned in the Moroccan university context.

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