Teaching and Learning - Behavior, Language, Literacy and Mathematics

Immerse yourself in the study of Neuroscience to understand the origin of our motivated personal and social behavior. Discover the neural and mental mechanisms of phenomena such as our verbal language, our ability to read and write, and our mathematical skills. Learn and apply practical educational methods and activities to promote your students' learning.

This course is aimed at elementary school teachers and aims to present, discuss and apply practical activities and pedagogical methods to support students' cognitive, emotional and social development. The entire course is based on neuroscience and education studies to present the neural and psychological mechanisms involved in social behavior and learning language, reading and writing and basic mathematics.

The material created by the Synapse project is used to suggest activities and how to organize and apply them according to the needs of each classroom and each student, in a way that is contextualized with the reality and desires of the local population.