Episode 2: Learning Styles and Other Misconceptions

In this episode, I talk to Angela and Marina, elementary school teachers at Queens, New York. We talked about various myths and misconceptions in education, including learning styles, digital natives, and self-guided learning. Our readings are: Kirschner and van Merriënboer (2013) Do learners really know best? and Dembo and Howard (2006) Advice about the use of learning style, and the 2015 TED Talk by Tesia Marshik titled "Learning styles and the importance of critical self-reflection."

Coming up next week: The Brain! Our readings will be Chapter 5 of Bransford, Brown, and Cocking (2000) How People Learn, Chapter 3 of CAST (2014) Universal Design for Learning: Theory and Practice, and Shane Parrish's interview with Barbara Oakley on learning how to learn. Tweet your questions at us using #askedt503.