Dictionary

edumyth en · NOUN

Etymology

Blend of education + myth.

Meanings

1. Pseudoscientific belief about education, pedagogy, or learning without an empirical basis.
   • 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. 2020 April 7, Grant Frost, The Attack on Nova Scotia Schools: The Story Behind 25 Years of Tumultuous Change, Formac Publishing Company, →ISBN, page 34:
   • Similarly discredited is the 'edumyth' that the brain's structure is defined by infancy or by adolescence. 2021 June 21, Lynne Hunt, Denise Chalmers, University Teaching in Focus: A Learning-centred Approach, Routledge, →ISBN:
   • Perhaps teachers have their own set of 'edumyths', beliefs which many (including neuroscientists) might hold but which are not true of education. 2022 November 15, Cathy Rogers, Michael S. C. Thomas, Educational Neuroscience: The Basics, Taylor & Francis, →ISBN:
   • FOREWORD: EDUMYTHS AND THE SLEEP OF REASON 2019 September 7, Craig Barton, Tom Bennett, The researchED Guide to Education Myths: An evidence-informed guide for teachers, Hachette UK, →ISBN, page 2003:

Forms

Relateds

neuromyth

Translations (4)

ca edumite (pseudoscientific belief about education) · es edumito (pseudoscientific belief about education) · pt edumito (pseudoscientific belief about education) · gl edumito (pseudoscientific belief about education)