This document provides an overview of myths in education by listing links to articles that examine controversial topics and discuss various myths about education. It notes that the resource is meant to inform, not offend, and covers myths related to learning styles, effectiveness in education, and obvious truths that are often ignored. The document encourages growth through questioning beliefs and discovering new truths.

1. Myths in Education Week

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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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