Meaning of edumyth | Babel Free

Definitions

Pseudoscientific belief about education, pedagogy, or learning without an empirical basis.

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Examples

“FOREWORD: EDUMYTHS AND THE SLEEP⟳ OF REASON⟳”

“The authors discuss⟳ some of the edu-myths of the time and spend⟳ considerable effort debunking them. That the myths themselves sound⟳ so familiar in 34 The Attack on Nova Scotia Schools.”

“Similarly discredited is the 'edumyth' that the brain's structure⟳ is defined by infancy or by adolescence.”

“Perhaps teachers have⟳ their own⟳ set⟳ of 'edumyths', beliefs which many (including neuroscientists) might hold⟳ but which are not true of education.”

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