Brain-based teaching and brain-compatible education are meaningless terms that appeared at some point during the past quarter of a century. Perhaps teaching had previously been kidney-based, and the curriculum incomprehensible. The reality is that our brain processes all forms of teaching, and it easily processes many things, such as looming dangers, that aren't compatibly pleasant.

I don't know who originally coined the terms, although I was professionally active in this field when they emerged. I've not used them for the reasons provided above, but it's obvious that the terms struck a responsive chord, because they're both now deeply imbedded within our professional jargon.