Category: Social Media

Male students say it is “ok to hurt women because Andrew Tate does it”

Teachers report rising influence of online misogyny on students

This is a depressing study published in PlosOne on how influencers are perceived and the possible consequences. Teachers report the rising influence of online misogyny on students. Male students often reflect misogynistic ideas. For example, they think it’s “ok to hurt women because Andrew Tate does it”. An important limitation is that the sample size… Read More Male students say it is “ok to hurt women because Andrew Tate does it”

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What are the effects of smartphone bans in schools? Well, don’t get your hopes up too high.

Yesterday Wouter Duyck already shared this study on Twitter. In a first study, the researchers discovered that restrictive school policies don’t lead to lower phone and social media use or better student outcomes. Students attending schools that ban the use of phones throughout the school day aren’t necessarily experiencing better mental health and wellbeing. Yep,… Read More What are the effects of smartphone bans in schools? Well, don’t get your hopes up too high.

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Sometimes I honestly wonder if those Tech bosses believe their own bullsh*t (apologies for the rant) #SUNO #MUSIC

Here’s a little rant. Over the past fifteen years, I’ve seen so much nonsense by tech executives talking about education that I’ve partly built a worldwide career from the Urban Myth books. So, I should almost be grateful to those tech gurus who proclaim the most stupid things with great certainty in the media (and… Read More Sometimes I honestly wonder if those Tech bosses believe their own bullsh*t (apologies for the rant) #SUNO #MUSIC

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Interesting and longue podcast on The Anxious Generation

Found this podcast through Ionica Smeets!

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The Freedom To Lie

It was sometime before the pandemic, shortly after the sequel to our first myth book was published in English. I had given a lecture in the US and was given a luxury business class ticket back home. A lady sat down next to me. We started chatting. I asked what she did. She told me… Read More The Freedom To Lie

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How to approach digitalization of education and digital literacy from a critical perspective? (Remco Pijpers)

This post first appeared in Dutch on Remco’s Linkedin channel. In the debate on digitalisation, the focus is increasingly shifting to the social impact. And rightly so. How can we help students and teachers become more aware of that impact? The draft core objectives for digital literacy address this, fortunately, but it is only one… Read More How to approach digitalization of education and digital literacy from a critical perspective? (Remco Pijpers)

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The importance of sustaining after early childhood education

This new study again shows why it’s wrong to think that early childhood education alone can make a difference for a more equal society. It’s also why James Heckman went from his curve model such as this: To his equation: Now, back to the new study. This research provides further evidence that early childhood education… Read More The importance of sustaining after early childhood education

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Funny on Sunday: Spam

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Why our brains are effective at quickly processing short messages

We all seem to be doing it without too much trouble: scanning, scrolling, and swiping. Now, a team of linguistics and psychology researchers has discovered that when a brief sentence is flashed, our brains detect its basic linguistic structure extremely quickly — in roughly 150 milliseconds or about the speed of a blink of an… Read More Why our brains are effective at quickly processing short messages

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Funny on Sunday: Holiday Pics (see you in August)

Want more cartoons on our addiction to smartphones? Check out this post by Larry Cuban. By the way, see you in August!

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