As in other fields, myths and misconceptions in education can act like invisible barriers, hindering effective practices in teaching and learning. These so-called zombie concepts persist despite evidence disproving them, often because they are...
Dr. Stefan T. Siegel · Evidence-informed Sustainability Education (EvSusEd)
The line between myth and fact can often be challenging to discern. This ambiguity regularly fuels heated discussion in educational and popular discourses about concepts like direct instruction, power-posing, and emotional intelligence (Siegel, 2024b)....
History provides ample evidence that humans leveraged various tools for thought and knowledge management practices to facilitate their knowledge work and to achieve various goals (see for instance the impressive personal knowledge management timeline...
PKM is Dead. Long Live PKM!? The Information Age comes with Information Overload. Advanced tools like search engines and (generative) artificial intelligence make accessing information seem effortless, almost trivializing the pursuit of knowledge management. This raises an intriguing question: In such a world, is personal knowledge management (PKM) still relevant?
Dr. Stefan T. Siegel · Evidence-informed Sustainability Education (EvSusEd)
Why Education Mythbusters Lead a Risky Life In “The researchED Guide to Education Myths,” Fletcher Wood (2019) explains the social difficulties associated with challenging entrenched educational myths: “Letting sleeping myths lie is socially easier...