Biología, lenguaje y educación. Reflexiones críticas sobre una nueva pedagogía científica

Resumen

The present work focuses on the relationship between the fields of Biology, Language and Education from a holistic perspective, as fundamental elements of what might be considered a new Scientific Pedagogy. Pedagogy is the science of education – an ancient discipline that must be scientifically substantiated before it can veer away from its common perception as an applied science related to the art of teaching. The main focus of this Scientific Pedagogy being on language, we can further seek to comprehend the intricacies of linguistic conduct through the explanatory power of sciences such as Philosophy, Psychology and Biology. The common theme of this work is the paradigm of cognitive psychology and the later development of the Theory of Generative Grammar. It reviews the contributions made by three different publications to the subjects of methodological investigations of the brain, new cerebral locations and the scientific interpretation of both general and specific language difficulties. Finally, it highlights the basic components of this newly proposed Scientific Pedagogy, which will characterize it as a science systemically and realistically connected to neuroscience, and which will provide a new, more biological understanding of what learning really entails.