EdUHK Hosts 2nd Educational Neuroscience Conference
The Education University of Hong Kong (EdUHK) AI, Brain and Child Research Centre (ABC-RC) hosted the Second Educational Neuroscience on 25 August.
Themed ‘Hyperscanning and Teaching Research in Natural Classrooms’, the event aimed to explore how laboratory research can be translated into authentic classroom practice. Over 200 experts, scholars and students from education, psychology, linguistics and clinically related fields participated in the event.
Professor John Lee Chi-Kin, President of EdUHK cum Director of the Academy for Educational Development and Innovation, said in his opening remarks, “How to bring laboratory research findings into real classrooms is visionary and of substantial practical value. Amid rapid educational transformation, understanding the brain’s dynamic functioning is vital for deepening our grasp of learning and enhancing teaching quality.”
Professor Susanna Yeung Siu-sze, Associate Vice President (Quality Assurance) and Executive Co-Director of the Academy for Educational Development and Innovation explained, “Educational neuroscience, as an emerging interdisciplinary field, is redefining our understanding of learning and teaching. The latest advances in neuroscience – especially investigations of brain activity during learning – provide crucial scientific support.”
The conference featured internationally renowned scholars in neuroscience to deliver keynote speeches, including Professor Lu Chunming from Beijing Normal University, Professor Tao Sha from Beijing Normal University, and Professor Zhang Mingming from Shanghai Normal University. Their presentations covered applications of neuroimaging in classroom contexts, neural foundations of pedagogy, cognitive challenges associated with diverse learning content, and inter-brain synchrony in teacher-student interaction.
It is hoped that the event will help lay the foundations for future interdisciplinary collaboration, to infuse the field of education with new science-based perspectives and pathways.
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