Educational Neuroscience (MA)

Offered jointly by Birkbeck and UCL's Institute of Education, our MA Educational Neuroscience will provide you with experience of both in-depth theory and hands-on research in the emerging area of educational neuroscience. It covers:

• the critical appreciation of existing research and research methods, including neuroimaging methods
• running a neuroimaging study
• the biological basis of learning and development in children and its implications for the classroom
• the relation between genes, brain and cognitive development
• managing and reporting on an extended research project
• subject-specific IT skills.

The MA is ideal for teachers, educational psychologists and policy-makers who wish to develop an in-depth understanding of contemporary education and neuroscience that can inform their continuing practice.