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Direct linkSamuelsson, Robin – Mind, Brain, and Education, 2023
There is a renewed scientific interest in the role of childhood in human evolution, pointing to the explorative phase of a human's life history that shapes how children learn and develop. This study presents a synthesis from evolutionary sciences that considers biases in childhood learning through activities in play, exploration, and social…
Descriptors: Play, Learning, Discovery Learning, Interaction
Scarfe, Adam C. – Interchange: A Quarterly Review of Education, 2021
This essay sheds light on the "father of epigenetics," Conrad Hal Waddington's (1905-1975) tacit critique of one of the most prominent biologists of the twentieth century, Julian Huxley's (1887-1975) theses concerning the evolutionary meaning and importance of learning and education for the human species. This topic has great…
Descriptors: Ethics, Evolution, Learning, Education
