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May: a month of myths

May: a month of myths Adv in Health Sci Educ (2018) 23:449–453 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10459-018-9836-z EDITORIAL Geoff Norman © Springer Nature B.V. 2018 It seems that this month, every time I turned around, someone was talking about educational myths. Here are some examples: 1. There is a special issue of Medical Education in the offing that will be devoted to edu - cational myths, with a series of invited papers. 2. I was honoured to deliver the keynote address for Division I, American Educational Research Association. My talk began with 10 assertions, which were all ultimately shown to be educational myths 3. I recently came across a book be De Bruckyere, Kirshner and Hulshof called Urban Myths about Learning and Education (2015) which lists a total of 35 myths. Although the substance of this editorial is not to create a Reader’s Digest condensed article on educational mythology, let me give you a few, and also highlight some key articles that dispel some of these myths. For many of you this may be old hat, and can be greeted with a stifled yawn, but perhaps there will be a few surprises. 1. Learning styles Assertion: Individual students have different learning styles. Some learn better visually; others are verbal http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Advances in Health Sciences Education Springer Journals

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Springer Journals
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Copyright © 2018 by Springer Nature B.V.
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Education; Medical Education
ISSN
1382-4996
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1573-1677
DOI
10.1007/s10459-018-9836-z
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Adv in Health Sci Educ (2018) 23:449–453 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10459-018-9836-z EDITORIAL Geoff Norman © Springer Nature B.V. 2018 It seems that this month, every time I turned around, someone was talking about educational myths. Here are some examples: 1. There is a special issue of Medical Education in the offing that will be devoted to edu - cational myths, with a series of invited papers. 2. I was honoured to deliver the keynote address for Division I, American Educational Research Association. My talk began with 10 assertions, which were all ultimately shown to be educational myths 3. I recently came across a book be De Bruckyere, Kirshner and Hulshof called Urban Myths about Learning and Education (2015) which lists a total of 35 myths. Although the substance of this editorial is not to create a Reader’s Digest condensed article on educational mythology, let me give you a few, and also highlight some key articles that dispel some of these myths. For many of you this may be old hat, and can be greeted with a stifled yawn, but perhaps there will be a few surprises. 1. Learning styles Assertion: Individual students have different learning styles. Some learn better visually; others are verbal

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Advances in Health Sciences EducationSpringer Journals

Published: Jul 17, 2018

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