Methodology

Learning Styles and Multiple Intelligences revisited: Are both Neuromyths?

Extended version adapted from BRAZ-TESOL’s Newsletter For decades the idea that people can be categorized according to how they...

The Fallacy of English Courses in the Age of Digital Marketing

I spend a lot of time on social media. I try to keep up with the news from the groups and personalities I follow and post a lot about my...

5 Science of Learning Strategies to Boost Learning - No Magic Formulas

About 6 years ago I became obsessed with finding some sort of magic formula of what a successful lesson plan should look like. I got into...

High Proficiency in Weeks? It Can be Done, but not the Way you Think

Around mid-2014, while I was working at an accredited binational center in my city, I vividly remember watching a TEDx talk by a...

The Four Pillars of Learning: Universal Principles Every Educator Should Know

How do we learn? When I started planning the webinars for EdYOUfest and realized I would have to deliver one myself, I thought really...

No, you Probably didn’t Create your own Teaching Method

How many times have I come across social media posts by someone who claims they have “created their own method”? I particularly enjoy the...

Neuroscience Applied to Education: Where are we now?

There has been quite a lot of buzz around the idea of joining neuroscience and education. Many would claim that neuroscientific...