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Volume8,Issue1
March2014
Pages2133

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EvolutionaryPerspectivesonMind,Brain,andEducation
PaulA.HowardJones

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29January2014

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10.1111/mbe.12041
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ABSTRACT
Understandingabouthumanoriginsinformsourunderstandingofwhatitmeanstobehuman.Itis
reasonable,therefore,toconsiderthatanevolutionaryperspectivecanprovideinsightintothenatureand
processesofhumanlearningandeducation.Thisarticlereviewshowideasaboutevolutionhave
influencededucationalthinkinginthepast.Itthenconsidershowunderstandingofbraindevelopmentand
functionishelpingtoinspirenewthinkingaboutevolution.Thereviewconvergesonarangeofbenefits
thatmayarisefromtheinclusionofevolutionaryconceptswithinthefieldofmind,brain,andeducation.
Thesebenefitsincludescrutinyofevolutionaryneuromyth,reconsiderationoftheculturalandpolitical
statusofeducation,insightintonotionsofindividualdifference,andhelpwithstimulatinganddirecting
researcheffortsaimedatimprovingeducationaloutcomes.

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