{"id":2378,"date":"2017-09-30T08:00:39","date_gmt":"2017-09-30T08:00:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/braindevs.net\/blog\/blog\/?p=2378"},"modified":"2017-12-07T16:54:54","modified_gmt":"2017-12-07T16:54:54","slug":"neuroscience-and-neuromyths","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.braindevs.net\/blog\/neuroscience-and-neuromyths\/","title":{"rendered":"Neuroscience and Neuromyths"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Does neuroscience education help reduce a teacher’s belief in neuromyths?<\/p>\n

According to this<\/a> recent study: not as much as we would like.<\/p>\n

In some cases, neuroscience education does help teachers.<\/p>\n

For instance, 59% of the general public falsely believe that listening to classical music increases reasoning ability. That number is 55% for teachers, but drops to 43% for teachers who have had neuroscience training.<\/p>\n

Similarly, teachers with knowledge of neuroscience are less likely to embrace a “left-brained vs. right-brained” understanding of learning than teachers without. (See video here<\/a>.)<\/p>\n

However, neuromyths about learning styles<\/strong> and about dyslexia<\/strong> persist–even among teachers with neuroscience education.<\/p>\n

Among the general population, 93% of people incorrectly believe that “individuals learn better when they receive information in their preferred learning style.” That number falls to 76% among teachers–but is almost identical (78%) for teachers who know from neuroscience.<\/p>\n

And: teachers who have studied neuroscience believe that writing letters backwards is a sign of dyslexia at almost the same rate as those who haven’t.<\/p>\n

The Big Question<\/strong><\/p>\n

Studies like these lead me to this question: why are some neuromyths so sticky<\/em>? Why do so many of us teachers believe in, say, learning styles theory despite all the scientific evidence<\/a> to the contrary?<\/p>\n

Why does this belief persist even among those–like we who attend Learning and the Brain\u00a0conferences–who have placed science at the center of our professional development?<\/p>\n

I welcome all thoughts on this question…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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