The Ethnocentric Origins of the Learning Style Idea

Autor/in	Fallace, Thomas
Titel	The Ethnocentric Origins of the Learning Style Idea
Quelle	In: Educational Researcher, 48 (2019) 6, S.349-355 (7 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0013-189X
DOI	10.3102/0013189X19858086
Schlagwörter	Ethnocentrism; Racial Bias; Cognitive Style; Cognitive Development; Individual Differences; Learning Strategies; Educational History; Measures (Individuals); Cultural Differences; Personality Traits; African American Students; Intelligence; Learning Theories + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ethnozentrismus; Racial discrimination; Rassismus; Cognitive styles; Kognitiver Stil; Kognitive Entwicklung; Individueller Unterschied; Learning methode; Learning techniques; Lernmethode; Lernstrategie; History of education; Bildungsgeschichte; Messdaten; Kultureller Unterschied; Individual characteristics; Personality characteristic; Persönlichkeitsmerkmal; African Americans; Student; Students; Afroamerikaner; Schüler; Schülerin; Studentin; Intelligenz; Klugheit; Learning theory; Lerntheorie
Abstract	In recent years, researchers have questioned the legitimacy of the so-called myth of learning styles and expressed confusion about exactly when and why the idea first emerged. This historical study traces the origin and emergence of the learning style idea. The author argues that the learning style idea originated in the 1960s as part of a broader effort to reach inner-city African American youth that certain educators deemed culturally deficient. By the time scholars developed learning style inventory instruments for mostly white children, they removed the race-specific language, and educators quickly forget the ethnocentric origins of the learning style idea. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01