1.2 Cognition and learning

  1. Eva Falk-Nilsson1,†,
  2. Damien Walmsley2,‡,
  3. Mark Brennan3,§,
  4. Deborah M. Fournier4,§,
  5. Birgit Junfin Glass5,§,
  6. Karl Haden6,§,
  7. Henk Kersten7,§,
  8. Laura Neumann8,§,
  9. Grace Ong Hui Lian9,§,
  10. Kerstin Petersson10,§

Article first published online: 17 OCT 2002

DOI: 10.1034/j.1600-0579.6.s3.4.x

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European Journal of Dental Education

European Journal of Dental Education

Volume 6, Issue Supplement s3, pages 27–32, October 2002

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Falk-Nilsson, E., Walmsley, D., Brennan, M., Fournier, D. M., Junfin Glass, B., Haden, K., Kersten, H., Neumann, L., Lian, G. O. H. and Petersson, K. (2002), 1.2 Cognition and learning. European Journal of Dental Education, 6: 27–32. doi: 10.1034/j.1600-0579.6.s3.4.x

Author Information

  1. 1

    Universities of Lund and Malmö, Sweden;

  2. 2

    University of Birmingham, UK;

  3. 3

    University of Cardiff, UK;

  4. 4

    Boston University, USA;

  5. 5

    San Antonio University, Texas, USA;

  6. 6

    ADEA, Washington, DC, USA;

  7. 7

    ACTA, the Netherlands;

  8. 8

    ADA, Chicago, USA;

  9. 9

    University of Singapore;

  10. 10

    University of Malmö, Sweden

  1. †

    Chairperson.

  2. ‡

    Rapporteur.

  3. §

    Group member.

*Address: Eva Falk-Nilsson Occupational Therapy University of Lund Box 157 SE-22100 Lund Sweden

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  1. Issue published online: 17 OCT 2002
  2. Article first published online: 17 OCT 2002

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Keywords:

  • cognition and learning;
  • scientific evidence;
  • educational methods and principles and effect on cognitive processing;
  • curriculum content and different structures;
  • information and communication technology;
  • examples of best practices

This theme is concerned with the relevance and efficacy of educational methods adopted in dental schools while recognizing the influence of geopolitical issues in different countries and regions. Particular emphasis will be given to examples of best practices and innovations. Cognition and learning are dealt with in many different research areas such as education, psychology, cognitive sciences, brain research, neurolinguistics, gender, etc. and comprise the theoretical foundation for the philosophies, principles and methods underlying the dental education system. Educational methods are many and mixed. This group has used existing knowledge, personal experiences and current literature together with some of the material from the DentEd visits.

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