Marcus K Harmes

Myths in Education, Learning and Teaching: Policies, Practices and Principles Marcus K Harmes

Marc Notes: This collection brings together international scholars to interrogate a range of educational practices, procedures and policies, around the organizing principle that myths often require critical scrutiny. Engaging with key themes in contemporary global education, the contributors challenge and address educational myths and their consequences. Table of Contents: 1. Demythologizing Teaching and Learning in Education: Towards a Research Agenda; Marcus K. Harmes, Henk Huijser and Patrick Alan Danaher2. Learning Power: Taking Learning-Centredness Seriously in a Learning Environment; Julianne Willis, Marilynn Willis and Henk Huijser3. Intrinsic and Extrinsic Motivation: Mythic Aspects in the Tertiary Sector; Barbara A. H. Harmes4. Does Increased Teaching Equate to Increased Learning?; Wim Gijselaers and Amber Dailey-Hebert5. Self-Identified and Observed Teaching Styles: A Case Study of Senior Physical Education Teachers in Queensland Schools; Brendan SueSee and Ken Edwards6. 'We Don't Need No Education?': Moving Towards the Integration of Tertiary Education and Entrepreneurship; Cormac McMahon and Henk Huijser7. The Establishment of Bahrain Polytechnic: Assumptions Questioned, Myths Exposed and Challenges Faced; Mohammed Al Daylami, Brian Bennison, Chris Coutts, Faisal Hassan, Jameel Hasan, Henk Huijser, Bryce McLoughlin, David McMaster and Fatima Wali8. Three Decades of Digital ICT in Education: Deconstructing Myths and Highlighting Realities; Adriana Ornellas and Juana Sancho9. Digital Literacy in Higher Education: The Rhetoric and the Reality; Lorelle J. Burton, Jane Summers, Jill Lawrence, Karen Noble and Peter Gibbings10. Learners and Technology: Myths about Online Education; Elena Barbera Gregori11. Dispelling Myths for Students: Alternative Ways of Thinking in Online Education; Federico Borges and Anna ForesBiographical Note: Marcus K. Harmes is a Lecturer at the Open Access College at the University of Southern Queensland, Australia. His research spans fields in the humanities and educational practice, especially in tertiary pathways education. Henk Huijser is a Senior Lecturer in Flexible Learning and Innovation at Batchelor Institute of Indigenous Tertiary Education, Australia. His research includes learning and teaching in higher education, as well as media and cultural studies, and he has published widely in both fields. Patrick Alan Danaher is Professor in Educational Research at the Toowoomba Campus of the University of Southern Queensland, Australia. He is also Adjunct Professor, in the School of Education and the Arts, Higher Education Division, CQUniversity, Australia. Publisher Marketing: This collection brings together international scholars to interrogate a range of educational practices, procedures and policies, around the organizing principle that 'myths' often require critical scrutiny. Engaging with key themes in contemporary global education, the contributors challenge and address educational myths and their consequences.

Contributor Bio:  Harmes, Marcus K Marcus K. Harmes is Lecturer in the Faculty of Arts at the University of Southern Queensland, Australia.