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edumyth

edumyth noun: pseudoscientific belief about education, pedagogy, or learning without an empirical basis.

Noun

edumyth (plural edumyths)

  1. Pseudoscientific belief about education, pedagogy, or learning without an empirical basis.
    • FOREWORD: EDUMYTHS AND THE SLEEP OF REASON2019 September 7, Craig Barton, Tom Bennett, The researchED Guide to Education Myths: An evidence-informed guide for teachers, Hachette UK, →ISBN, page 2003
    • 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

Examples of edumyth in a sentence

  • 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:

Forms of edumyth

pluraledumyths

Origin of edumyth

Blend of education + myth.

Questions about edumyth

What does edumyth mean?
Edumyth means pseudoscientific belief about education, pedagogy, or learning without an empirical basis.
How do you use edumyth in a sentence?
Similarly discredited is the 'edumyth' that the brain's structure is defined by infancy or by adolescence.
What part of speech is edumyth?
Edumyth is a noun.
What is the plural of edumyth?
The plural of edumyth is edumyths.

Words near edumyth in the dictionary

  1. edumacated
  2. edumacates
  3. edumacating
  4. edumacation
  5. edumacations
  6. edumyth
  7. edumyths
  8. edunol
  9. edupunk
  10. Edusei
  11. eduspeak

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