Banca de DEFESA: RAIMUNDO DA SILVA SOARES JUNIOR

Uma banca de DEFESA de DOUTORADO foi cadastrada pelo programa.
STUDENT : RAIMUNDO DA SILVA SOARES JUNIOR
DATE: 13/12/2023
TIME: 13:30
LOCAL: Por participação remota: https://conferenciaweb.rnp.br/sala/jsato_ufabc
TITLE:

Exploring the Potential of Neurotechnology in Education: An Inquiry into Applications and Students' Mental Effort in Visuospatial Tasks

PAGES: 272
BIG AREA: Outra
AREA: Multidisciplinar
SUMMARY:

Scientific investigations in education can elucidate new aspects of teaching-learning interactions and support evidence-based educational practices. In this sense, there is a growing interest in multidisciplinary research, including works in neuroscience and cognitive sciences in the educational context. Cognitive science research emphasizes the importance of spatial ability in various scientific fields and supports interventions to improve spatial skills. Educational research and neuroscience contributions to understanding visuospatial cognition become increasingly important as educators and policymakers seek to develop evidence-based methods and curricular materials to enhance teaching-learning. Neurotechnologies used in scientific research, such as eye-tracking and fNIRS, can be helpful in schools by providing relevant data on cognitive processes in different daily school tasks, including spatial cognition tests. This project explores the opportunity for neuroscience research to serve the educational system as an interdisciplinary exchange by investigating visuospatial stimuli to understand the mechanisms involved in learning processes. This thesis explores how neurotechnology can be applied in education and assesses the usefulness of cognitive effort brain signals in evaluating conventional methodologies, such as mental rotation tasks, and innovative approaches, such as virtual reality, to further the comprehension of spatial cognition. Our results propose novel methods to support teaching practices and improve the student learning experience by incorporating neuroscience tools into the educational context. Specifically, by analyzing the students' gaze data, educators can gain valuable insights into their student's specific needs and abilities. In addition, measuring individuals' mental effort while engaging in reasoning activities\ such as visuospatial tasks can provide helpful information to develop instructional strategies and personalized learning plans based on students' cognitive processes. Finally, the innovative use of brain activity data has revealed that the prefrontal cortex operates with greater neural efficiency during VR-mediated visuospatial tasks. Overall, using neurotechnology can potentially support educational practices and instructional design.

COMMITTEE MEMBERS:
Presidente - Interno ao Programa - 1672975 - JOAO RICARDO SATO
Membro Titular - Examinador(a) Interno ao Programa - 2353089 - KATERINA LUKASOVA
Membro Titular - Examinador(a) Externo ao Programa - 1315289 - JOSE GUILHERME DE OLIVEIRA BROCKINGTON
Membro Titular - Examinador(a) Externo à Instituição - ETIENNE LAUTENSCHLAGER - UFRN
Membro Titular - Examinador(a) Externo à Instituição - ELVIS LIRA DA SILVA - UFMT
Membro Suplente - Examinador(a) Interno ao Programa - 1844585 - MARIA TERESA CARTHERY GOULART
Membro Suplente - Examinador(a) Externo ao Programa - 3271359 - THENILLE BRAUN JANZEN
Membro Suplente - Examinador(a) Externo à Instituição - GABRIELA CASTELLANO - UNICAMP
Membro Suplente - Examinador(a) Externo à Instituição - ELIZEU COUTINHO DE MACEDO - UPM
Membro Suplente - Examinador(a) Externo à Instituição - PRISCILLA OLIVEIRA SILVA BOMFIM - UFF