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Neuromyths​
Neuromyth #2 in education - Edu-K or Brain Gym
August 20, 2016
Neuroscience is not just an important area of consideration in education, which is rapidly gaining popularity. As professor Deheane indicates in a 2013 WISE talk on neuroscience and reading teachers work with the brain and therefore can benefit from understanding the neuroscience of learning.
Neuromyth #3 in education
September 05, 2016
As mentioned in my previous posts neuromyths are misconceptions or pseudoscientific information about the brain or its functions (Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, 2002). Tardif, Doudin and Meylan's (2015) found that teachers with greater general knowledge of the brain and its workings were easier fooled into believing these pseudoscientific narratives. This points to an interesting contention...
Reading
What does brain research tell us about teaching phonics?
June 27, 2016
Professor Stanislas Dehaene coined the term the brain's letterbox for a very special area in the brain that is activated during reading, irrespective of the language being read, the reading direction or type of language. This remarkable brain circuit is something all readers has in common, but not non-readers...
When learning to read goes wrong!
June 30, 2016
When one search for pictures on reading you are bombarded with all the happy-faced kids reading away. Sadly, that is not true for all children. The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders 5th edition (DSM-5) indicates that 5-15% of children will suffer from a...
Tips for parents and teachers to help a child learn to read
July 01, 2016
In my previous posts I have considered a lot of the theoretical work done on reading difficulties including dyslexia. However, for me the most important part is to answer the question "How do I help help a child struggling to learn to read?"
ADHD
The myth of ADHD(?)
June 19, 2016
From the heading you might think here is yet another person that will be telling you ADHD does not exist or even worse your child just needs more discipline, a good old spanking would work. As a mother, a remedial teacher, a psychometrist and a student educational psychologist I will be telling you the opposite.
MOOC
Personal experience with MOOCs
June 15, 2016
I was quite by accident introduced to Coursera in 2014. I literally accidentally clicked on a link while looking for information for an assignment on dyslexia. As any part-time student I thought well any way I can get this assignment done as fast as possible, and as painless as possible would work. So I enrolled for the Coursera course presented by...