A thought provoking take at the Learning Dispatch (substack) re Gardner’s theory of multiple intelligences and other educational theories (e.g., learning styles) that appeal to comfortable fictions that “describe the reassuring stories societies tell to preserve moral comfort in the face of contradiction….these narratives about history, identity, and progress allow dominant groups to evade the moral costs of their own actions.”
IQs Corner. Comfortable fictions—The myth of #Gardner’s #multipleintelligences and other #educational fads (e.g., #learningstyles) – #schoolpsychology #schoolpsychologists #education #pseudoscience #intelligence
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