Neuropedagogy in Contemporary Formal and Non-Formal Education

Abstract

The article reveals the concept of neuropedagogy, in relation to current forms of educational practices. In the conditions of significant advances in the field of neuroscience, the relevance and expediency of research is determined by the opportunities that open up before the use of research on brain activity and neural processes in educational activities. On the one hand, discoveries in the neuroscience can increase the effectiveness of educational activities, their formal and non-formal areas. On the other hand, there are a number of paradigmatic and practical limitations associated with the use of the neuroconcept in various forms of educational activities. Opportunities include: increasing attention, overcoming personal limitations, detection of specific neuro-consistent methodic and didactic techniques. The limitations include some paradigmatic conditionality of the neuroconcept, which to some extent limits the heuristic qualities of thinking due to the dominance of mental practices and various formalizations. Thus, the balanced and appropriate application of neuropedagogical approaches in both formal and non-formal education is of great importance. Neuropedagogical methods are becoming extremely important in the context of digitization of the space of interaction between people and the emergence of the so-called Z-generation. Critical evaluation and timely application of neuropedagogical practices, in our opinion, can significantly expand the potential for both formal and non-formal education.