Brain research and research on how people learn plays an important role in teaching and learning. As an instructional designer, the studies of brain research provide mechanism for content development and design. Reading from an online article, ‘How can Research on the Brain inform Education?’ http://www.sedl.org/scimath/compass/v03n02/1.html ) note that brain research provides rich possibilities for education. The challenge as an instructional designer is to translate the research findings into sound instructionally designed training. My focus on this study was to learn how the brain research can influence adult learners. The article argues that most neuroscientists believe that at birth the human brain has all the neurons it will ever have. This premise could spell doom to a thought that there are possibilities of acquiring additional neurons in old age. There are however a view in this article that has a bearing on adult learning.
The first is on how and when neural connections are made. According to the article, there are several prepositions ranging from five years to those who believe the circuits are modified throughout once life. The school that believes that the circuits are modified thought out once life has a great bearing on adult learning since this advocate for lifelong learning. It also implies that environment and experiences can be modifies to affect the modification of neurons connections.
The first is on how and when neural connections are made. According to the article, there are several prepositions ranging from five years to those who believe the circuits are modified throughout once life. The school that believes that the circuits are modified thought out once life has a great bearing on adult learning since this advocate for lifelong learning. It also implies that environment and experiences can be modifies to affect the modification of neurons connections.