Myths in Education, Learning and Teaching

1. Demythologizing Teaching and Learning in Education: Towards a Research Agenda
Marcus K. Harmes, Henk Huijser, Patrick Alan Danaher

Part I. Myths about Learning and Teaching

2. Learning Power: Taking Learning-Centredness Seriously in a Blended Learning Environment
Julianne Willis, Marilynn Willis, Henk Huijser

3. Intrinsic and Extrinsic Motivation: Mythic Aspects in the Tertiary Sector
Barbara A. H. Harmes

4. Does Increased Teaching Equate to Increased Learning?
Wim Gijselaers, Amber Dailey-Hebert

5. Self-Identified and Observed Teaching Styles: A Case Study of Senior Physical Education Teachers in Queensland Schools
Brendan SueSee, Ken Edwards

Part II. Myths about Educational Principles and Practices: Case Studies from the Middle East

6. ‘We Don’t Need No Education?’: Moving Towards the Integration of Tertiary Education and Entrepreneurship
Cormac McMahon, Henk Huijser

7. The Establishment of Bahrain Polytechnic: Assumptions Questioned, Myths Exposed and Challenges Faced
Mohammed Daylami, Brian Bennison, Chris Coutts, Faisal Hassan, Jameel Hasan, Henk Huijser, Bryce McLoughlin, David McMaster, Fatima Wali

Part III. Myths about Digital and Online Education

8. Three Decades of Digital ICT in Education: Deconstructing Myths and Highlighting Realities
Adriana Ornellas, Juana Sancho

9. Digital Literacy in Higher Education: The Rhetoric and the Reality
Lorelle J. Burton, Jane Summers, Jill Lawrence, Karen Noble, Peter Gibbings

10. Learners and Technology: Myths about Online Education
Elena Barbera Gregori

11. Dispelling Myths for Students: Alternative Ways of Thinking in Online Education
Federico Borges, Anna Forés

Keywords: Social Sciences, Education Policy, Teaching and Teacher Education, Sociology of Education, Sociology of Education, Educational Psychology, Language Education