In her groundbreaking research, Mary Helen Immordino-Yang follows young adults over time, exploring how skills develop during adolescence, and how skills relate to brain development. She draws on methods and approaches from human development, psychology, neuroscience and other disciplines. This allows her to rethink the work of teaching, the purpose and design of schools and youth-facing policies, and ultimately what education is and could be.
In this Science & the Flavour of Aarhus talk, Mary Helen Immordino-Yang will suggest new ways of thinking about learning, teaching and the role of schools. The approach is based on principles that emphasize the natural abilities and differences in each person, and the importance of understanding how body, mind and culture interact in development and learning.
Weaving a colorful cloth illustrates how different elements and people can come together to create effective educational systems. By changing how we understand learning, Mary Helen Immordino-Yang suggests that we can meaningfully improve schooling and its outcomes, support fairness and respect for all individuals. This is critically important to help build a sustainable, democratic society.
16:00 - 16:45 | Mary Helen Immordino-Yang: 'Weaving a colorful cloth: Centering education on humans’ developmental potentials' |
16:45 - 17:15 | Panel discussion with Simon Calmar Andersen, centre director of TrygFondens Børneforskningscenter/ Centre for Child Research, Henriette Duch, researcher at VIA University College, and Mary Helen Immordino-Yang Moderator: Andreas Roepstorff, director of AIAS. |
17:15 - 18:00 | Networking and Nordic wilderness Mocktail (non-alcoholic), provided by Aarhus-based Ulmus Craft Cocktails. |
Mary Helen Immordino-Yang, Ed.D., is the Fahmy and Donna Attallah Professor of Humanistic Psychology and a professor of education, psychology, and neuroscience at the University of Southern California in Los Angeles, USA. She is the founding director of the USC Center for Affective Neuroscience, Development, Learning and Education, or CANDLE.
A former public junior high school science teacher, Immordino-Yang received her doctorate from Harvard University in 2005 and completed postdoctoral training in affective neuroscience with Antonio Damasio in 2008.
She has since pioneered novel approaches to the study of adolescent and young adult social-emotional and brain development, and has written extensively on implications for educational practice and policy. She has received numerous national and international awards for her work, and in 2023 was elected to the U.S. National Academy of Education.
The event is open to all interested.
The price is DKK 100,- per person and includes one mocktail, a non-alcoholic, locally-produced refreshment from Ulmus Craft Cocktails.
Registration closes on 23 September 2024 at 12.00 (noon).
The second Science & the Flavour of Aarhus talk is co-organised and funded by Aarhus Institute of Advanced Studies (AIAS), TrygFondens Børneforskningscenter (TrygFonden Centre for Child Research) and VIA University College.
