E22: Happiness, neurosience & education with Aleksandra Halchenko

In this episode, we discussed the direct link between neuroscience, education & happiness.Alexandra is an educationalist, who has learned everything she knows through teaching it to others. She started teaching at the age of 14 and became a teacher trainer at the age of 27. She got a degree in Educational Neuroscience from University College London and is trained in future studies and happiness studies, which she also links to education. Her biggest ambition is to reform education to make it fit for purpose and encourage uniqueness rather than conformity. She is currently working at Neurocomb25 Lab, where she conducts first hand research in neuroscience, happiness studies and future studies and translates recent research in these fields to education.