UDP Internacional

3 November 2022

The Center for Studies in Human Neuroscience and Neuropsychology (CENHN) UDP and the University of Indiana-Bloomington (USA), are jointly teaching a Social Neuroscience course, in which undergraduate and graduate students from the Faculty of Psychology participate, who share a global classroom with students from Indiana.

Alejandra Rossi, researcher at CENHN UDP, faculty at the Faculty of Psychology and one of the instructors of the course, refers to the main objectives of the project, “The objectives are several. First, that our students have the experience of sharing a classroom with students from another university in a defined and outlined learning context, which is that of Social Neuroscience”.

Along with this, the academic highlights the experience of sharing a classroom with classmates from Indiana University Bloomington, bringing them closer to the discussion about which Neuroscience issues are global, which are more particular, context-dependent, among others. “This course apart from the classes, includes several discussion sessions, where all these topics become very relevant. In addition, in the discussions they can interact with small groups and talk about articles related to the course”, adds Alejandra.

Regarding the benefits of working in a global classroom modality, Alejandra Rossi comments, “it is tremendously enriching, not only in terms of content, but also regarding the discussion sessions that the course has. It exposes them to diverse ways of understanding psychological phenomena, with a critical and culturally diverse posture”.