This resource examines socalled myths in education.

1. Myths in Education Week

2. Join us for more great discussions!

3. This resource examines several controversial topics in education. It has been developed to
inform instructors about these ongoing discussions in the educational world. It is not meant to
offend people’s professional standing point and we are confident you will not feel or use it that
way.
Next Step Forward does not necessarily agree with the views expressed by the authors.

4. Seven Myths about
Education
https://thewingtoheaven.wordpress.com/2013/06/11/seven-myths-
about-education-introduction/
6 Misleading Myths In
Education
http://www.pinnacle.org.au/crash-course-evidence-based-
teaching/6-misleading-myths-education/

5. All You Need to Know
About the ‘Learning Styles’
Myth, in Two Minutes
http://www.wired.com/2015/01/need-know-learning-styles-myth-two-
minutes/
8 Myths That Undermine
Educational Effectiveness
http://www.edutopia.org/blog/myths-that-undermine-educational-
effectiveness-mark-phillips

6. Ten Obvious Truths That
We Shouldn’t Be Ignoring
http://www.alfiekohn.org/article/well-duh-ten-obvious-truths-
shouldnt-ignoring/
21 Myths That Undermine
Educational Effectiveness
http://www.opencolleges.edu.au/informed/features/21-myths-that-
undermine-educational-effectiveness/

7. If you question your truths, you
either discover new truths or
strengthen existing ones. Either
way, you grow.
We hope the topics covered this
week helped you do so.

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