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The connection between the humanities and the brain and behavior. Maybe it is important to teach teachers and students about the brain. Could this be done outside of a neurobiology or psychology class? Could it be done with kindergarten kids?

I consider the purpose of education to increase a student's understanding of themselves and their surroundings. I'm pretty sure that the brain and behavior piece is fundamental to realizing that goal. Yet, I can't recall receiving any explicit information about it in my educational experience. Except in health class (sex ed) where I wasn't paying any attention. That might be a reflection on either me or my high school.

Anyway, I wonder how knowledge about the brain and behavior might empower students. An understanding of the mind in general, other creature's mind's, and their own mind could provide student's with a way to relate to the world. Consider how such principles as empathy and sympathy might be given greater meaning. I think knowledge about brain development might facilitate student's taking responsibility for their own learning a little more. It would provide them with tools to analyze their own education or progress. This individual meta-analysis of learning relates to the concepts neurodiversity and personalized experience.