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Helping shape the future of lifelong learning via SEK Education Group

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This week, as many stu­dents around the globe final­ly go back to school to meet their peers and teach­ers in per­son for the first time since March, it is an hon­or to announce that our very own Álvaro Fer­nán­dez Ibáñez has joined the Inter­na­tion­al Advi­so­ry Board of SEK Edu­ca­tion Group, which runs 9 bilin­gual IB schools, and a major uni­ver­si­ty, in Spain, France, Ire­land and Qatar.

He (and us) look for­ward to see­ing over 9,000 stu­dents from 70 dif­fer­ent nation­al­i­ties plus their many teach­ers and admin­is­tra­tors, fur­ther devel­op their unique brains and minds in years ahead! [Read more…] about Help­ing shape the future of life­long learn­ing via SEK Edu­ca­tion Group

On brain development, socioeconomic status and parenting styles

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wheelRich Man, Poor Man: Socioe­co­nom­ic Adver­si­ty and Brain Devel­op­ment (Cere­brum):

“..While ear­ly expo­sure to addi­tion­al lan­guages or music may lead to ben­e­fi­cial changes in brain devel­op­ment, ear­ly adver­si­ty can like­wise have impor­tant but detri­men­tal effects on the brain. For exam­ple, [Read more…] about On brain devel­op­ment, socioe­co­nom­ic sta­tus and par­ent­ing styles

Schools as Brain Training Hubs?

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In the post Top 10 Brain Train­ing Future Trends I asked for sug­ges­tions to refine our pre­dic­tions for the 2007–2015 peri­od. A good num­ber of peo­ple con­tributed, and the win­ner is…

Scott Spears, retired pub­lic schools superintendent.

His prediction: 

“Pre­dic­tion 11: The notion of school­ing will be struc­tural­ly dra­mat­i­cal­ly brain fitness trendsaltered through the use of diag­nos­tics relat­ed to the acqui­si­tion and improve­ment of basic cog­ni­tive skills (such as brain pro­cess­ing speed, atten­tion, mem­o­ry, and sequenc­ing), along with pre­scrip­tions employ­ing emerg­ing brain fit­ness soft­ware exer­cis­es, begin­ning in the ear­li­est grades and pro­gress­ing through high school.

Schools will be struc­tured around the acqui­si­tion of foun­da­tion­al cog­ni­tive skills, [Read more…] about Schools as Brain Train­ing Hubs?