PUTNEY — On Sunday, June 25, at 7:30 p.m., Nadine Gaab, Ph.D., will give a talk titled “Hope or Hype? The Use and Misuse of Neuroscience in Education.” The event will be held at the Brooks M. O'Brien Auditorium in the East Academic Building at Landmark College.
This talk will be the keynote address for the 27th annual Landmark College Summer Institute. As a special benefit to the local community, the keynote address of the Summer Institute is free, accessible, and open to the public.
An associate professor of pediatrics and an acclaimed researcher at Boston Children's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Gaab studies reading development in typical and atypical children, including possible pre-markers of dyslexia in young children.
Gaab describes her talk as follows: “The label 'brain-based' has rapidly entered the field of education and hundreds of strategies, interventions, and teaching tools claim to be either brain-based or to significantly alter your brain in a positive way.
“In this lecture, we will critically evaluate these claims and carefully examine the potential role neuroscience can play in education. We will further discuss limitations of the bridge between these two disciplines and strategies for how to identify legitimate claims in the intersection of education and neuroscience.”
Local educators and parents with an interest in students who learn differently are encouraged to register for and attend the full Landmark College Summer Institute, which will take place from June 25 to 28.
The Summer Institute features intensive three-day strands and single sessions focused on working with students who learn differently, including students with learning disabilities, ADHD, and autism spectrum disorder.
This year's three-day strand topics include 21st century study skills, math support, executive function support and “Thriving In College: The Path to Success for Students Who Learn Differently,” a new workshop presented by founding Landmark College faculty member Linda Hecker during her last week at Landmark College before her retirement.