The Debunker Club is hosting a social get together on Tuesday May 21st at the ATD Conference in Washington, DC. 2 to 3PM during the Ice Cream break! Are are welcome! RSVP and details here: https://www.evite.com/event/01D5RFTEEI35E4LKKEPJME62P5C7MY/rsvp
I am thrilled to announce that the Debunker Club will host a social gathering in New Orleans on Monday at 6:30AM. NOTE: Earlier, I had the start time at 6:40, but I’m going to be there when they open at 6:30!!! And I’ll try to grab the couch!! SMILE Everyone is welcome! And […]
Please tell your stories of how YOU FAILED to be persuasive enough to convince someone or convince a group of people to use research-based practices. We are the fools, aren’t we, if we can’t persuade, educate, model, cajole, or have influence in reducing the use of learning myths and/or increasing the use of research-based recommendations? […]
We in The Debunker Club are having a members-only book-discussion group starting in about a week on January 11, 2019—reading the book The Knowledge Illusion — by Steven Sloman & Philip Fernbach. The book is interesting because it challenges some of our long-held views about how people learn and know. It’s not directly relevant to […]
On November 2nd, 2017, the Debunker Club sponsored a one-hour Twitter debate using the hashtag #DebunkDebate. We have a wonderful, cacophonous dialog in typical Twitter-chat fashion. The file below contains all the tweets from the debate. Download Great 70-20-10 Debate Tweet Stream Also, Cara North posted a prettier version here.
The Debunker Club is supporting the April 22, 2017 March for Science! We’re supporting it because scientific wisdom and evidence-based approaches are fundamental in our efforts in debunking myths in the learning field!! More importantly, supporting science and scientists is vital to health, prosperity, democracy, and to the kind of truthful dialog that […]
If you’re a debunker, or someone concerned with valid information for learning practice — and you want to tickle your funny bone — you’ve got to check out this video from comedian John Oliver. Warning: Strong Language, Mature Themes.
Myth: To become a preeminent expert, it takes 10,000 hours of practice. Description: Ever since Malcolm Gladwell’s book Outliers, which has sold north of 2 million copies, the “10,000 Hour Rule” has become very well known in the learning and education fields. While Gladwell popularized the meme, it’s pretty clear that it is not original […]
The Debunker Club just held the "June is Debunk Learning Styles Month," enlisting its members and the larger community of learning professionals to debunk the myth that learning styles are valuable in designing learning. Here's a review of some of the evidence we were using. So, did we make a difference in just one short […]
One never knows what might happen when he/she declares something to the world and asks for volunteers. In May, The Debunker Club raised the flag and declared June 2015 to be DEBUNK LEARNING STYLES MONTH. With only a few days left in our first such effort, we've seen many tweets, much cheer leading, and likely […]