03026nam 2200661Ia 450 991081728110332120200520144314.01-283-96129-60-335-24602-897803352460219780335246014033524601X9781283961295(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 Dillon1st ed.Maidenhead, 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.EducationResearchTeachingLearningEducationResearch.Teaching.Learning.371Adey Philip1593109Dillon Justin871456MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910817281103321Bad education4204652UNINA