Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- List of contributors -- Preface -- 1. Introduction: Constructions of Truth in early childhood education: A history of the present abuse of neurosciences -- A short paradigmatic note -- To warrant, for the country, a strong and beautiful race -- The steady growth of evidence -- Third Way politics in times of crisis -- Discussion -- The debate continues -- Notes -- References -- 2. The neuroturn in education: Between the Scylla of psychologization and the Charybdis of digitalization? -- Introduction: Ceci n'est pas un pipe. -- Psychologization and neurologization: The (bygone?) era of interpellation and biopolitics -- Bring the children to the screen -- Interpellation digitally revisited: A minimal subject? -- Conclusion: A psychology come true -- Notes -- References -- 3. Using your brain: Child development, parenting and politics of evidence -- Making the core neuro-developmental story -- Graham Allen and neurosocial policy: Does the evidence matter? -- From early intervention to child protection: Support or coercion? -- Contending the core story -- Conclusion -- Notes -- References -- 4. Anything to divert attention from poverty -- Introduction -- Global poverty -- The fans of "brain science"--"Brain science"--Does it exist? -- Socio-economic individualism -- Cultural hegemony/racism -- Ignoring women -- Conclusion -- References -- 5. The complexity of translating neuroscience to education: The case of number processing -- Introduction -- The number sense: An important neuroscientific discovery -- The number sense as the foundation of mathematical skill: A nativist claim -- The number sense as the foundation of mathematical skill: A bridge too far -- Discussion -- References -- Discussion -- Translating neuroscience into education