The Science of Lifelong Learning

20th Jan 2009; 18:00

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What does new research, especially in neuroscience, tell us about the scope for and best methods of lifelong learning in the context of an ageing society? What happens to the brain's learning capacity as it ages, and how dependent is this on environmental factors? Is the explosion in brain training (from 10 minute newspaper mental workouts to Kawashima's brain training game) based on good science? What is the scope for cognition enhancing treatment from CBT to drugs and how will this affect teaching and learning?

Speakers: Andrew Pollard, ESRC Institute of Education; Sarah-Jayne Blakemore, Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience, UCL; Paul Howard-Jones,  University of Bristol; Usha Goswami, Centre for Neuroscience in Education, University of Cambridge, Matthew Taylor, Chief Executive, RSA

Chair: Tom Schuller, Director, Inquiry into the Future of Lifelong Learning

In association with the Inquiry into the Future of Lifelong Learning

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