A weekly podcast about the future of education, featuring insightful conversations with educators, tech innovators and scholars, hosted by EdSurge's Jeffrey R. Young and Sydney Johnson. Whether you’re an entrepreneur, an educator, or an investor, there’s something for everyone on the air.Read more »
A weekly podcast about the future of education, featuring insightful conversations with educators, tech innovators and scholars, hosted by EdSurge's Jeffrey R. Young and Sydney Johnson. Whether you’re an entrepreneur, an educator, or an investor, there’s something for everyone on the air.Read Less
There’s a lot we don’t know about how the brain works. But scientists are finding out more everyday. And one maybe surprising thing experts are saying these days is that empathy pretty seriously affects our ability to learn. This weekend, EdSurge caught up with John Medina, a developmental molecular biologist and affiliate professor of bioengineering at the University of Washington School of Medicine, and a keynote speaker the Learning and the Brain conference last week San Francisco. He studies the brain for a living, everything from the microscopic happenings in our head to the way the human brain evolved to how we know it today. And it’s all complicated. But he thinks that there’s information out there about how the brain works—and in particular, how empathy changes learning outcomes—that classroom teachers should have an understanding of. We hear what he has to share in this week's episode.