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Many things people commonly believe to be true about education are not supported by scientific evidence. Urban Myths about Learning and Education examines commonly held incorrect beliefs and then provides the truth of what research has shown. Each chapter examines a different myth, with sections on learning, the brain, technology, and educational policy. A final section discusses why these myths are so persistent. Written in an engaging style, the book separates fact from fiction regarding learning and education.

I love this urban myth, and all its minor variations I hear. And the cookies are really good, too. Like Karen, I have used dark chocolate but I actually think it is the milk chocolate that makes them unique!

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Urban Myths of Innovation. So what do story telling, urban myths and innovation have to do with each other. Well, there is a link. In this case it is around how some innovations get turned into case studies, conference stories and ultimately urban myths. A sort of progressive shift away from reality and actual facts.

Analyses of the variety of horror subgenres (e.g., supernatural horror, slasher horror, body horror, psychological horror, etc.) and narratives from different periods are welcome as the diversity will give insight into different styles and discourses, enable comparisons, and hence also provide a broader perspective on the main topic, all with a view to establishing a common approach to the specific nexus of urban myths, horror genre, and human geography, and thus creating what might be defined as new cultural geography of a distinctive kind. Within the selected narrative, exploring human interaction with the physical and social surroundings allows for a further development of a specific analytical framework, which brings an understanding of the complex ways in which horror narratives, through their frequent reliance on urban myths and legends, shape our comprehension of real places and spaces of social reality. Therefore, this collection calls for contributions which through a detailed multi-methodological analysis (discourse analysis, content analysis, etc.) of selected narratives explore the ways in which horror genre (de)constructs or transcends temporal and spatial limitations, thus not only reflecting but also influencing and/or shaping the broader social, cultural, and political context.

More Urban Myths About Learning and Education: Challenging Eduquacks, Extraordinary Claims, and Alternative Facts examines common beliefs about education and learning that are not supported by scientific evidence before using research to reveal the truth about each topic. The book comprises sections on educational approaches, curriculum, educational psychology, and educational policy, concluding with a critical look at evidence-based education itself. Does playing chess improve intelligence? Should tablets and keyboards replace handwriting? Is there any truth to the 10,000-hour rule for expertise? In an engaging, conversational style, authors Pedro De Bruyckere, Paul A. Kirschner, and Casper Hulshof tackle a set of pervasive myths, effectively separating fact from fiction in learning and education.

God, and the whole business of being dependent upon him, is being downgraded, downsized, downplayed, and most of all, just plain dismissed in the modern, cultured, educated parts of Europe and in academia. This process is powered and driven by a whole, growing series of interlocked urban myths about what is supposed to be involved in being a religious (and often specifically Christian) believer. This book examines and critiques those myths, showing how the Christian faith can be intelligent and supported by reason.

The present review demonstrates unequivocally that assuming that default uncertainty factors are overly conservative worst-case scenarios that could account both for the lack of statistical power in animal experiments and protect against potential mixture effects are ill-founded. It is high time such urban myths ceased being cited as gospel.

There is perhaps no urban legend, myth, or conspiracy theory more famous than Nevada's Area 51, a mysterious government facility that is rumored to be associated with aliens. The US government officially states that Area 51 is classified due to national security, which only fuels the fire.

The past decade I have been very busy debunking urban myths about learning and education, together with Paul Kirschner and Casper Hulshof. This has lead to two successful books that have been translated in several languages such as Swedish and Chinese!

The film was loosely based on an urban myth that, as told, says following 9-11, Jackson and friends Liz Taylor (played by Stockard Channing) and Marlon Brando (played by Brian Cox) rented a car and drove from NY to LA when all planes were grounded.

The beginning of winter is a great time to take a budget-friendly trip to Baja California. Before the Christmas season, you can find very cheap lodging and empty beaches. The local economy is dying for you to spend some pesos in their cantinas also! When your wanderlust takes you south of the American border it gives the California adventurers a chance to immerse themselves in urban culture; shop where the locals shop, eat at the local taco stands and yes, of course, enjoy a few cold cervezas at local watering holes. You might even find some Mexican kittens to play with in a mercado. (The crazy cat lady in me just loves Baja California)

In short, the whole thing appears to be another urban myth, one of those weird tales that periodically catch the public imagination. Alligators swarming the sewers after people have flushed the baby reptiles down the toilet. The baby-sitter who gets threatening phone calls that turn out to be coming from inside the house. The woman who turns out to have a nest of black-widow spiders in her beehive hairdo. The man who falls asleep and awakens to find his kidney has been removed. The rat that gets deep-fried and served by a fast-foot outlet. Or, in a variation, the mouse that has somehow drowned in a closed Coca-Cola bottle.

Shocking and amazing, yes. But in these stories, anything can happen not because the world is a magical place rich with wonder--as in folk tales of yore--but because our world is so utterly terrifying. Here, nothing is reliable and no laws of morality govern. The alligators in the sewers presents an image of an urban hell inhabited by beasts--an image that might have come directly from Hades and the River Styx in Greek mythology. The baby-sitter and the man upstairs exploits fears that we are not even safe in our own homes these days. The spider in the hairdo says that even on our own persons, dangers lurk. The man who loses his kidney plays to our fears of the night and the real bogymen who prowl then. The mouse in the soda warns us of the perils of an impersonal mass-production society.

It is not just our fears, then, that these stories exploit. Like so much else in modern life--tabloids, exploitalk programs, real-life crime best-sellers--urban legends testify to an overwhelming condition of fear and to a sense of our own impotence within it. That is why there is no accommodation in these stories, no lesson or wisdom imparted. What there is, is the stark impression that our world is anomic. We live in a haunted forest of skyscrapers or of suburban lawns and ranch houses, but there is no one to exorcise the evil and no prince to break the spell.

But there may be an additional reason why some people seem so willing to suspend their disbelief in the face of logic. This one has less to do with the content of these tales than with their creation. However they start, urban legends rapidly enter a national conversation in which they are embellished, heightened, reconfigured. Everyone can participate--from the people who spread the tale on talk radio to the people who discuss it on the Internet to the people who tell it to their neighbors. In effect, these legends are the product of a giant campfire around which we trade tales of terror.

Firstly, it describes the theoretical context behind urban myths, contemporary legends, rumours and other forms of folk narratives, and discusses the significance of myths and legends for humans, in helping them to understand and conceptualise the complexities of the world. It then provides information about how they survive in time, how they become generated and how they diffused to the public.

Is really Athens the city we all think we know? As a tourist, as a local, as an expat, what kind of stories do we all share, and which of those are just myths that make our existence a bit more thrilling?

THIS ZINE HELPS YOU DISCOVER YOUR VERY OWN ATHENS, SOMEWHERE BETWEEN MYTHS AND REALITY.

Urban Myths is a walk through the heart of Athens to discover its urban myths. Dormant stories that circulate among local residents, or fascinated tourists. From ancient symbols and ownership myths, to the lost allure of commerce and illegible Greek typography. All blent together, to the point that The person who thinks he has found the ultimate truth is wrong. as Campbell thinks.

Urban myths are nothing new to war. The Templar Knights are a veritable cornucopia of urban myths. The origin of Taps, the military bugle call, is surrounded by urban myth. During World War I, British intelligence allowed a battlefield rumor to spread about a mythical army of Russian Cossacks riding east toward the German lines. In the Second World War, it was the USS Eldridge, a Cannon-class destroyer escort rumored to have been rendered invisible during a military experiment at the Philadelphia Naval Shipyard (thus, the Philadelphia Experiment).

You may want to check on the facts about these stories....several of these are listed as "urban legends" (Lee Marvin and Keeshan meeting on Iwo...although both were Marines during WWII....and Rogers a Navy Seal...not sure that one is true either).

I don't know how many shouting matches and fistfights the Mr. Rogers myth has caused, but quite a few times during my time Active and Reserve with the USMC, I found myself shouting "He wasn't in Vietnam! He was a Minister for god's sake! He got ordained before that war even started!!!!" These are very, very popular urban legends and some people truly believe them. Without resorting to physical violence on behalf of truth, please everyone, educate as many people as you can on this. BS stories like Mr. Rogers 200 confirmed Kills in Vietnam and Capt. Kangaroo single-handedly capturing Mt. Suribachi only stand to further the warped and tainted view of history so many people hold today. 17dc91bb1f