John Geake
Professor of Learning and Teaching, Faculty of The Professions, School of Education
Qualifications
B.Sc. (Hons) (University of NSW), M.Ed. (University of New England), Ph.D. (University of New England), Dip.Ed. (University of New England), A.Mus.A. (Australian Music Examinations Board)
Contact
| Email: | jgeake@une.edu.au |
| Room: | FEHPS (E7) 323 |
| Phone: | 02 6773 2319 (or +61 2 6773 2319 overseas) |
| Fax: | 02 6773 2445 |
John is a member of the Learning and Teaching team.
Affiliations
International Mind, Brain, Education Society (Charter Member)International Society for Chaos Theory in Psychology & Life Sciences
World Council for Gifted and Talented Children
American Education Research Association
Society for Neuroscience
British Educational Research Association
British Association for Cognitive Neuroscience
Research interests
Research across several fields has the underlying theme of understanding human intelligence in comprehending complex information, and includes: educational and cognitive neuroscience, focusing on fluid analogical reasoning; nonlinear dynamics, in particular fractal form: and higher cognitive abilities, in particular, intellectual creativity and music cognition.Podcasts
ABC Radio EdPodcast on Neuromythologies in Education available at http://mpegmedia.abc.net.au/rn/podcast/2009/06/edp_20090611.mp3Current Research Projects
Structural and functional neural correlates of high creative intelligence as determined by abilities at fluid analogisingCognitive redundancy in the perception of visual fractal form and cognition of ratio in fractions
Cognitive characteristics of dyscalculia
Development and evaluation of an appropriate individual education programme for an exceptionally gifted primary pupil
Current Academic Projects
2008 Tower Group – London-based think tank on gifted education2007 UK Delegate, World Council for Gifted and Talented Children
2007 Convenor, Educational Neuroscience Workshop, National Science Foundation USA, Washington DC
2006 Advisor to the House of Lords All Party Group on Scientific Research in Learning and Education
2006 International Review Panellist Science of Learning Centers, National Science Foundation, USA
2002 Eminent Australian Gifted Educator, Australian Association for the Education of the Gifted and Talented
2001 Convenor and Co-founder Oxford Cognitive Neuroscience and Education Forum, Centre for Cognitive Neuroscience, University of Oxford
Recent Invited Keynote Adresses
2009The Neurogenetics of Giftedness. ‘Victorian Association for Gifted and Talented Children, and, South Australian Association for Gifted and Talented Children, August’.
The Creative Brain. Department of Continuing Education, University of Oxford, February
2008
Neuroscience and Education, The Treasure Within conference, Antwerp, November
The Neurobiology of Giftedness and The Mathematical Brain, 10th Asia-Pacific Conference on Giftedness and Talent, Singapore, July
The Neurobiology of Mathematical Thinking and The Neurobiology of Giftedness. Federal Government Summer School for Advanced Skills Mathematics Teachers, SiMERR, University of New England, Armidale, Australia, January
2007
The Gifted Brain. Victorian Association for Gifted and Talented Children conference, Melbourne, Australia, November 2007.
The Gifted Brain. London Gifted & Talented Annual Conference, Bloomsbury, October 2007.
The Neurobiology of Giftedness. World Council for Gifted and Talented Children conference, University of Warwick, August
Neuroscience and Neuromythology. Welsh Institute for Cognitive Neuroscience conference 'Teaching at the cutting edge', Cardiff
Education and Human Enhancement: Contributions from educational neuroscience. Bilateral Conference 'The Human Enhancement Colloquium', British Embassy, The Hague, May
Educational Neuroscience: Lessons, Limits and Likelihoods. ESRC National Seminar Series 'Making better people', University of Nottingham
Understanding and misunderstanding the gifted brain. Oxfordshire Council Gifted & Talented Education Conference, Oxford, March
Neuroscience and Neuromythology, House of Lords APG, May
Neuroscience, learning, and education. Science of Learning Centers Symposium ‘The Science of Learning: From synapse to classroom, Society for Neuroscience Conference, Atlanta, USA, October
2006
Cognitive neuroscience – a window on the learning brain. UK Independent Schools SEN Conference, ‘Practical Solutions to Overcome Barriers to Learning’, Bath, UK, May
The neurobiology of giftedness: How neuroscience helps us understand the intelligence of able children. ‘An Afternoon Audience with a Leading International Practitioner’, National Association for Able Children in Education, London, May
Can education improve working memory? Division C Teaching and Instruction Presidential Session ‘Education and Neuroscience: Will Collaborations Enhance the Public Good?’ Brain, Neurosciences, and Education SIG, American Education Research Association, San Francisco USA, April
2005
Neuromyths in education: wishfully misinterpreting science. ESRC-TLRP Seminar ‘Neuroscience in Education: Pitfalls, possibilities and perceptions’, Oxford, October,
Educational neuroscience - Neuroscientific education. Brain and Education Conference, Centre for Education and Neuroscience, Faculty of Education, University of Cambridge, July
Making connections: The brain and learning. European Union conference ‘The Treasure Within’, Oxford, June
The neurological basis of intelligence. Learning and Brain Conference ‘Rewiring the Brain’, Boston USA, April
Recent Publications
2009Geake, J. G. (in press) The Brain at School: Applications of Neuroscience in the Classroom. McGraw Hill-Open University Press
Geake, J. G. (in press). Theory and Research into Practice: Educational Neuroscience. In D. M. McInerney (Ed.) Educational Psychology: Constructing Learning (5th edn.) Pearson/Prentice Hall.
Geake, J. G. (in press). The Neuropsychology of Giftedness. In L Shavinina (Ed) International Handbook of Giftedness, Springer Science
Geake, J. G. (in press). Motivations, methodologies, and practical implications of educational neuroscience research. Educational Philosophy and Theory
Kringelbach, M. L., Vuust, P. & Geake, J. G. (2009). The pleasure of reading. Interdisciplinary Science Reviews, 33(4), 321-335.
2008
Geake, J. G. (2008). The Neurobiology of Giftedness. In E. Polyzoi (Ed) Selected Papers from the 2007 Warwick Biennial Conference, WGTC: Winnipeg.
Geake, J. G. (2008). Neural interconnectivity and intellectual creativity: Giftedness, savants, and learning styles. In T Balchin, B. Hymer & D. J. Matthews (Eds) The Routledge International Companion to Gifted Education, Oxford: Routledge, pp. 10-17.
Geake, J. G. (2008). The potential of cognitive neuroscience research for education, in L. Zonnerveld (Exec Ed) Reshaping The Human Condition. Exploring Human Enhancement, Rathenau Institute, Netherlands. Geake, J. G. (2008). Networking: Clever children’s brains are more interconnected than their peers’. Times Educational Supplement, 08 August.
Geake, J. G. (2008). Neuromythologies in education. Educational Research, 50(2), 123-133.
Geake, J. G. (2008). Review of S-J. Blakemore & U. Frith “The learning brain: Lessons for education” International Journal of Early Years Education, 16(2), 177-178.
Geake, J. G. (2008). High Abilities at Fluid Analogizing: A Cognitive Neuroscience Construct of Giftedness. Roeper Review 30(3), 187-195.
Geake, J. G. & Gross, M. U. M. (2008). Teachers’ Negative Affect Towards Academically Gifted Students: An Evolutionary Psychological Study. Gifted Child Quarterly, 52, 217-231.
2007
Geake, J. G. & Kringelbach, M. L. (2007). Imaging Imagination: Brain Scanning of the Imagined Future. In I. Roth (Ed.) Imaginative Minds. London: Proceedings of the British Academy 147, pp.307-326.
Geake, J. G. (2007) Review of Meltzer, L. (Ed.) Executive Function in Education: From Theory to Practice, in Gene Glass (Ed) Education Reviews online, October.
Geake, J. G. (2007). ‘A barmy yarn cooked up in leprechaun’s kitchen’. A review of Antoinette Walker and Michael Fitzgerald’s “Unstoppable Brilliance: Irish Geniuses and Asperger’s Syndrome”, Times Higher Education Supplement, 23 March.
Foster, A., Geake, J. G., & Higgins, C. (2007). Learning characteristics of primary school computer enthusiasts: A retrospective study. Gifted & Talented, 11 (June), 30-37.
Geake, J. G. (2007). A brainy school of the future. Learning Matters, 12(1), 36-40.
Geake, J. (2007). Educating to optimise working memory function. Education-Line, http://www.leeds.ac.uk/educol/documents.htm.
2006
Geake, J. G. (2006). Mathematical brains. Gifted & Talented, 10(1), 2-7.
Geake, J. (2006). The neurological basis of intelligence: A contrast with 'brain-based' education. Education-Line, http://www.leeds.ac.uk/educol/documents/156074.htm.
Geake, J. G. (2006). Review of David Sousa “How the brain learns to read” Journal of Research in Reading, 29(1), 135-138.
2005
Kanevsky, L. S. & Geake, J. G. (2005). Validating a multifactor model of learning potential with gifted students and their peers. Journal for the Education of the Gifted, 28(2), 192-217.
Geake, J. G. (2005). The neurological basis of intelligence: Implications for education – An abstract. Gifted and Talented, 9(1), 8.
Fardell, R. & Geake, J. G. (2005). Vertical semester organisation in a rural secondary school: The views of gifted students. Australasian Journal of Gifted Education, 14(1), 15-29.
Geake, J. G. (2005). Educational neuroscience and neuroscientific education: In search of a mutual middle way. Research Intelligence, 92, 10-13.
Geake, J. G. & Hansen, P. (2005). Neural correlates of intelligence as revealed by fMRI of fluid analogies. NeuroImage, 26(2), 555-564.
Geake, J. G. & Dodson, C. S. (2005). A neuro-psychological model of the creative intelligence of gifted children. Gifted & Talented International, 20(1), 4-16.