The Learning Myths

Wrongdoes not cease to bewrongbecause the majority share in it.

Today, we think we have every information at our fingertips. Google, Wikipedia and social media have played a great hand in it. But have you tried to know the quality of it? Here, by quality I mean the truth in the news. There a lot of fair news circulating not only about life, health and politics but also the way of people’s education. But now, it’s time to curb the fake news as there is a lot of money and time invested in capacity building and learning.

Neuromyths is the term given to the misconception about education , broadly centred on functioning of our brains. Educators, practitioners and researchers around the globe are trying to increase the level of scrutiny on this .There are many myths prevailing like we can use 10% of our brain, listening to classical music effect on reasoning abilities of person, also show the greater use of brain sides decides the differences in learning and many more such news. Also diet is said to affect learning ability. These are mainly as a result of over simplification of research and non expertise opinion which lead to a lot of misunderstanding and misconception. It has a tendency to travel faster than thoughts and exploitation is much greater one. Neuromyths must be cut down from the roots, at the earliest, as it is no different from fake news, in general. It is time we get stopped being fooled by gimmicks ,by fancy schools or products that claim to help children learn better but in realityare fake cheques.

Some of the steps that we can take are as a thumb rule, we need to verify any news on social media or the advertisement before you send it further. You can begin by searching the Google scholar about any assertion you come or hear of. Try to find out the source of such information, it can be peer viewed or a ‘.’ com site. Read counter opinion also. Read the ‘about’section of source. Check comments.You can take a note of background data of the source and expertise. You must pay attention to the style, tone of the source and the expertise. Engage in regular discussions with neuro education scientists at school and read scientific journals. They help to bridge thegap between research and practices. They also help you reason out on issues properly. Such should be the attitude of people , this is the only way to avoid circulation of wrong information among people.