Historical Review of Distance and Online Education from 1700s to 2021 in the United States
Birth of a Learning Science ( OECD , para . 2 ). Other publications during this time also contributed to understanding how learning occurs and changes the brain . The National Research Council ( 1999a ) published How People Learn , which focused on the brain , mind , experience , and school . Dr . James Zull ( 2002 ) published The Art of Changing the Brain , in which he focused on how educators can use knowledge about the brain to inform pedagogical practice .
Harvard University ’ s School of Education offered the first MBE master ’ s program in 2002 , designed by Dr . Kurt Fischer ( Hough , 2020 ). The International Mind , Brain and Education Society ( IMBES ) was founded in 2004 ( Ferrari & McBride , 2011 ; Harvard University , 2007 ). In 2007 , IMBES launched the Mind , Brain and Education journal ( Harvard University , 2007 ). According to Fischer and colleagues ( 2007 ), the journal intended “ to promote the integration of the diverse disciplines that investigate human learning and development ” and to investigate questions such as “ What are the principles for designing schools and other educational settings to optimize effective learning and healthy development ?” ( p . 1 ). In 2017 , IMBES celebrated 10 years of research and publications .
Figure 2 . Mind , Brain , and Education Science , Dr . Tracey Tokuhama-Espinosa ( 2019 )
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