Having had a colourful and memorable childhood, Ms Gan Ee Bee knew authentic education involved more than rote learning. Children needed an education that was effective, multi-faceted and would prepare them for the changing world. She set out to expand on some of the best practices in early childhood and elementary education, and participated in programmes under Dr Kurt W. Fischer and Howard Gardner, Bigelow Professors at the Harvard Graduate School of Education. She was mentored as a Mind Brain Education researcher, with majors in educational leadership and brain science research methodology.
Ee Bee came to understand that environmental and organismic factors influenced prenatal and postnatal brain development, and that a child’s early experiences played a significant role in their learning and education. She turned to biology for more answers on how to help children read and retain information, and what kinds of curriculum were aligned to children’s brains.
In 2003, Neumind was incorporated, with curriculum based on the emerging field of Mind, Brain and Education, which connects biology and cognitive science to education. Neumind embodies a new approach that involves interactive learning and new brain science research. It helps children read, think and learn better, thereby sparking confidence and competence. They become creative problem-solvers, develop cognitive and leadership skills, and better concentration, imagination and memory.
Neumind is passionate about nurturing young minds and developing a caring and effective education system. Our curriculum is defined by partnerships with well-known research mentors, who ensure brain science research and proven learning strategies are used. Neumind energises people and gives them new ways of thinking and learning, by activating neurons and forming new pathways in the brain.
“Learning is not just figuring out how to do something; it is also the process of figuring out how not to do something.”
Kurt W.Fischer