Believe it or not, “learning styles” don’t exist

Earlier this week on this blog we looked at Chris Jarrett’s lecture on neuromyths. One of those myths was the belief held by a shocking 93% of British teachers that we learn better if taught through the medium we personally prefer. As this false belief is so pervasive that it seems nearly everyone wrongly believes it, I thought I’d go a little further and post professor Daniel Willingham’s excellent explanation of why learning styles don’t exist:

For more on neuromyths, click here for last week’s post. 

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