β¨ What you Need to Know to Identify, Understand and Challenge Questionable Beliefs about Teaching and Learning
π₯ Drumroll, please!
Our brand-new π Educational Myths Debunked 101 (EMD 101) Self-learning Course is here for you. π
The Course and its Benefits at a Glance
π Goal: Equip you Fast with What you Need to Know to Debunk Educational Myths.
π 2 Modules:
- Basics of Educational Myths: Gain an overview of prevailing myths in higher education, their prevalence, causes, consequences and ways of dealing with them.
- Hands-on Debunking Challenge: Refute a chosen myth using newly developed debunking tool.
π¨βπ Flexible Learning:
- πΊ Learn Anywhere
- π Start Anytime
- β± 8 Hours Total, Self-Paced
- π Customizable Learning Path
- π Learning Application: Tailor the course content to your discipline. Learn best practices for debunking educational myths.
- π¬ Language: English
- π Certification: Available (See requirements within the course)
π§ Course Description
Youβre a visual learner. We only use 10% of our brains. Best teaching is value neutral. There are multiple intelligences. Educational myths often appear in the form of phrases and platitudes. Although many of these questionable beliefs about educational phenomena lack empirical evidence, they are sometimes widespread, persist, and have somehow managed to become everyday knowledge (De Bruyckere et al., 2020; Sinatra & Jacobson, 2019). Although these myths sometimes blossom from a seed of a fact, they can be problematic, especially when policymakers, educators, or researchers unconsciously act on them, or even spread them.
Accordingly, in this course we focus on identifying, understanding, and challenging prevailing myths in higher education to foster our individual professionalization and to become a critically reflective teacher / reflective practitioner. As Pennycoock et al. (2015) would say: βOne benefit of gaining a better understanding of how we reject otherβs bullshit is that it may teach us to be more cognizant of our own bullshitβ (Pennycook et al., 2015, p. 26).
More Information: https://hdz.unisg.ch/de/weiterbildungskurse/evidenzbasiertes-gestalten-von-lehr-lernprozessen/educational-myths-debunked/
π―Learning Objectives
You will β¦
- reflect on your own experiences with educational myths
- understand why these questionable beliefs can be problematic for various stakeholders including yourself
- know about prevailing educational myths in teaching and learning, their characteristics and causes
- learn about and develop strategies to deal with these seemingly never dying zombie concepts in a professional and evidence-informed manner
π Course Content
- Overview of prevailing myths in higher education
- Empirical evidence about the prevalence of these myths, their causes, their consequences
- How to deal with educational myths: Learning about and applying strategies to prevent, detect and intervene concerning educational myths
- Various resources (e.g., videos, texts, podcasts) for digging deeper
π Additional Information and Enrollment
Learn with us. Weβre looking forward to welcoming you in Educational Myths Debunked 101 and at the University of St. Gallen.
