{"id":5333,"date":"2016-06-16T08:31:37","date_gmt":"2016-06-16T08:31:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.northampton.ac.uk\/learntech\/?p=5333"},"modified":"2016-06-16T08:31:37","modified_gmt":"2016-06-16T08:31:37","slug":"neuromyths-in-education","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.northampton.ac.uk\/learntech\/2016\/06\/16\/neuromyths-in-education\/","title":{"rendered":"Neuromyths in Education"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Question: What two things do these three statements have in common?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A. Individuals learn better when they receive information in their preferred learning style (for example, visual, auditory or kinaesthetic).<\/p>\n<p>B. Short bouts of co\u2010ordination exercises can improve integration of left and right hemispheric brain function.<\/p>\n<p>C. Differences in hemispheric dominance (left brain or right brain) can help to explain individual differences amongst learners.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Answer:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>1. They are all false.<br \/>\n2. They are all believed to be true by around 90% of UK teachers.<\/p>\n<p>Interested? You can read more in Paul Howard-Jones&#8217;s 2014 paper &#8216;<a title=\"Neuroscience and education\" href=\"http:\/\/www.educationalneuroscience.org.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Howard-Jones-Neuromyth-nature14.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">Neuroscience and education: myths and messages<\/a>&#8216; or in Pete Etchells&#8217;s summary of Howard-Jones&#8217;s research, <a title=\"Brain baloney has no place in the classroom\" href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/science\/head-quarters\/2014\/oct\/17\/brain-baloney-neuro-myths-teaching-education-classroom\" target=\"_blank\">&#8216;Brain balony has no place in the classroom&#8217;<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Question: What two things do these three statements have in common?<\/p>\n<p>A. Individuals learn better when they receive information in their preferred learning style (for example, visual, auditory or kinaesthetic).<\/p>\n<p>B. Short bouts of co\u2010ordination exercises can improve integration of left and right hemispheric brain function.<\/p>\n<p>C. 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