03153nam 2200697Ia 450 991046284230332120211011013322.00-335-24602-897803352460219780335246014033524601X9781283961295(CKB)2670000000315407(EBL)1107487(OCoLC)823720541(SSID)ssj0000913135(PQKBManifestationID)11483834(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000913135(PQKBWorkID)11012334(PQKB)10930221(MiAaPQ)EBC1107487(Au-PeEL)EBL1107487(CaPaEBR)ebr10642445(CaONFJC)MIL427379(EXLCZ)99267000000031540720120918d2012 uy 0engur|n#---|||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierBad education debunking myths in education /edited by Philip Adey and Justin DillonMaidenhead, Berkshire ;New York Open University Press20121 online resource (xxv, 297 pages)Description based upon print version of record.0-335-24601-X Includes bibliographical references and index.Bad Education : Debunking myths in education; Contents; Notes on contributors; Foreword; Introduction; Part 1: School organization; 1 Are there 'good' schools and 'bad' schools?; 2 Is vocational education for the less able?; 3 Grouping pupils by ability in schools; 4 Class size: is small better?; 5 Supporting learning?: How effective are teaching assistants?; Part 2: Teaching methods; 6 Traditional versus progressive education; 7 Synthetic phonics: the route to reading?; 8 Is informal education better than formal education?; 9 The social and emotional aspects of learning (SEAL)10 Computers good, calculators bad?Part 3: Learners; 11 Left-brain, right-brain, brain games and beanbags: neuromyths in education; 12 From fixed IQ to multiple intelligences; 13 Learning styles: unreliable, invalid and impractical and yet still widely used; 14 'TV is bad for children' - less emotion, more science please!; 15 Playing with emotions: why emotional literacy trumps emotional intelligence; 16 The dyslexia debate; IndexAs Ben Goldacre's Guardian Bad Science column debunks popular scientific myths, this book aims to do the same for education myths and unjustified claims.EducationResearchCharter schoolsEducationAims and objectivesTeachingLearningElectronic books.EducationResearch.Charter schools.EducationAims and objectives.Teaching.Learning.371Adey PhilipDillon JustinMiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910462842303321Bad education2548440UNINA