Where two fields of science meet, a new one can be born. Biomedicine has the parents biology and medicine, biochemistry from biology and chemistry and neuropsychology from neuroscience and psychology. There is still no such thing as neuropedagogy though, or, the other way around: pedagogical neurology. However, it is not difficult to see that it could be a fruitful combination.
In ‘Pedagogical Anthropology’ (1913) Maria Montessori wrote: “in order to educate, it is essential to know those who are to be educated.” Almost a century later these words are still very true. Even so, many of the recent developments in education can be characterized as politically (not empirically) inspired experiments, at the expense of lost potential and – maybe even worse – causing a slow extinction of Teachers: those people who can do the magic of imparting knowledge to their pupils.
