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20% discount on ‘More Urban Myths About Learning and Education’!

This is nice, our publisher Routledge gives a 20% discount on ‘More Urban Myths About Learning and Education: Challenging Eduquacks, Extraordinary Claims, and Alternative Facts’ by Paul Kirschner, Casper Hulshof and yours truly. Just go to http://routledge.com/9780815354581 (or the American equivalent) and enter the code FLR40 at checkout. More Urban Myths About Learning and Education:… Read More 20% discount on ‘More Urban Myths About Learning and Education’!

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Mitos urbanos sobre aprendizaje y educación (Our first Urban Myths about Learning and Education now available in Spanish)

No, I will never get used to this. We first wrote our book in Dutch. This was followed by the extremely popular version in English (with still at least one copy sold every single day, imagine that), a version in Swedish and even a Chinese edition. And now the Spanish version has been published. Muchas… Read More Mitos urbanos sobre aprendizaje y educación (Our first Urban Myths about Learning and Education now available in Spanish)

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One year today: More Urban Myths about Learning and Education announced

Paul Kirschner just reminded me that a year ago we were able to announce our second book about Urban Myths about Learning and Education. Over 4000 copies have been sold already worldwide and counting! Check your local book store or buy the book online! If you want to read a free chapter, check this article… Read More One year today: More Urban Myths about Learning and Education announced

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A new article in American Educator by Paul, Casper & yours truly: If You Learn A, Will You Be Better Able to Learn B?

The new Spring edition of American Educator was published today, with a new article taken from our most recent book More Urban Myths about Learning and Education. You can read the article here for free and this is what it all is about: Transfer of learning is seen as the use of knowledge, skills, and/or… Read More A new article in American Educator by Paul, Casper & yours truly: If You Learn A, Will You Be Better Able to Learn B?

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3 possible gifts for teachers for this holiday season (shameless self promotion ;) )

It’s that time of the year again: you don’t know what to buy for your partner, family member or friend who is working in education. Well, let me help you out, these 3 books can save your day! This is our classic ‘Urban Myths about Learning and Education’, even available in Swedish, Dutch and Chinese,… Read More 3 possible gifts for teachers for this holiday season (shameless self promotion 😉 )

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“More Urban Myths about Learning and Education” is now available!

No, we weren’t done. Four years after our first book Urban Myths About Learning and Education, it’s high time to share all the factchecks that Paul, Casper and myself have been working on. In the book we discuss over 30 new myths, again using the 3 labels ‘complete nonsense’, ‘nuanced’ and ‘we don’t know’, the… Read More “More Urban Myths about Learning and Education” is now available!

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