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Faith, scepticism and the 'unswayable minority'

Feb 19, 2017 | Category: myths
How do you stop people believing myths? The short answer is, it depends on how strongly people believe the myths. I've just read The Debunking Handbook, an excellent, free and succinct (only 9 pages i...
#Project Based Learning #cognitive dissonance #Daniel Gilbert #Sceptical Science

"There are no wrong answers!"

Jun 18, 2016 | Category: English
Along with, "It's a skills based subject," the cry that there are no wrong answers in English is, I think pretty unhelpful.Take the example of teaching Priestley's perennial, An Inspector Calls. Every...
#misconceptions #An Inspector Calls #cognitive dissonance

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