Where do the neuromyths come from?What are the dangers of neuromyths?How can you spot a neuromyth?
Where do the neuromyths come from?What are the dangers of neuromyths?How can you spot a neuromyth?
Assistance for neuromyth papers
Where do the neuromyths come from?
A neuromyth usually starts out with a misunderstanding, a misreading and, in some cases, a
deliberate warping of the scientifically established facts to make a relevant case for
education or for other purposes. Due to the expectations of the applicability of brain
research to educational practice, myths have rapidly developed around, for instance, the
benefit of enriched environments, right- and left-brained dominance, critical periods of
learning – to name the most popular ones. When these concepts are debated in journals
and the popular press, educators and policy-makers alike are lost as how to discern fact
from fiction. This ignorance results in certain dangers.
What are the dangers of neuromyths?
Parents, teachers and educational specialists are naturally eager to put into practice what
they have read or heard in the popular media. There is a danger that they might be tempted
to too readily adopt so-called “brain-based” teaching or rearing strategies that are in fact
not based on any evidence at all.
How can you spot a neuromyth?
Many neuromyths have become so engrained in the public conscience that they have become widely
accepted as facts. It is very difficult for the layman to sift out the scientific facts in warped media
reporting, but this must be done
http://www.oecd.org/edu/ceri/neuromyths.htm
Your assignment is to:
• choose a neuromyth
• read at least two sources of authoritative research on it that provides solid evidence of truth
or un-truth,
• write a brief paper (500-750 words) explaining what the myth is, where it came from, why
people believe it, and why is it confirmed, busted, or plausible, and
•
put your name AND your student number AND word count at the top of the first page.
i uploaded how the prof. would grade the paper plz see attached
the course is Education 2023
Brain, Learning, and Education
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