Category: Myths
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
Wait, is what Elon Musk promises actually possible?
Elon Musk has the habit of doing big things. Disrupting the car industry, going to space,… In many newspapers today a new thing one of his companies has been working on. It involves a chip and a pig. This video explains it: Musk said a lot of things during the event, but let’s have focus… Read More Wait, is what Elon Musk promises actually possible?
Growing up in times of crisis (my presentation for the EU-CONEXUS webinar)
This is the presentation I used in the webinar I gave for the fine people of the EU-CONEXUS-project. In this talk, I discuss the fake, lesser important, and the real crises young people experience today.
A bit of a depressing study: “Pre-service teacher education may perpetuate myths about teaching and learning”
True, the sample is rather small, non-longitudinal and the researchers, Rogers and Cheung, call it rightfully preliminary findings, but still: the results are very depressing: This study examined the beliefs of pre-service teachers with regard to the myths of learning styles and multiple intelligences. Survey data indicated that that the student teachers generally endorsed these… Read More A bit of a depressing study: “Pre-service teacher education may perpetuate myths about teaching and learning”
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?
Are multiple intelligences a neuromyth?
Yesterday I read this complaint by Howard Gardner in the Washington Post: More than 35 years ago, I introduced the theory of multiple intelligences, a critique of the notion of a single intelligence adequately probed by a single short answer test. In its place, I proposed that human beings have a number of relatively independent… Read More Are multiple intelligences a neuromyth?
Another study, another blow to mind-set theory?
Brooke Macnamara just shared a new paper he published together with Burgoyne and Hambrick in which they checked 6 claims about the (growth) mind-set theory. Handy for me, his tweets are a perfect summary: We examined 6 key claims of mindset theory. The strongest association (r=−.12) was in the opposite direction from the theory's claim.… Read More Another study, another blow to mind-set theory?
Ashley Frawley describes how fads in education remain popular after being debunked
Nice fragment worth sharing. Another reason why myths keep popping up btw is repetition. It seems to me there is a neuromyth being perpetuated in the background… One of the more disturbing things about fads is how some of their absurdities stick around in the public consciousness, long after they've been debunked. pic.twitter.com/tWEzEcAm0S — Ashley… Read More Ashley Frawley describes how fads in education remain popular after being debunked
Some personal notes about ‘ageism’ in scientific citing
Imagine that someone stated that you shouldn’t look at paintings that were painted before 2000 or that you shouldn’t listen to anything recorded in the previous millennium? You would probably smile and wouldn’t see the point. Still, it’s something I’ve heard several times when it comes to references in scientific papers. My personal experiences while… Read More Some personal notes about ‘ageism’ in scientific citing
