4/5 of my way through a doctorate in CS Education, and I must admit that I cringe whenever I see Hacker News and r/programming discuss education. We have very i

4/5 of my way through a doctorate in CS Education, and I must admit that I cringe whenever I see Hacker News and r/programming discuss education. We have very intelligent people who have almost no formal educational knowledge making anecdotal claims, often trying to draw on their own atypical experiences. There are so many things that I feel I need to convey and correct in these threads, but I don't think there's time or energy available to do so. Learning Styles is mostly considered snake oil. Of course different students learn differently. Assessment is hard. Instructional Design. There's so much material out there, I wish people would learn more before asserting and speculating. I suppose I should just be pleased that people are interested. But I hope many posters will be encouraged to look further into this subject and develop expertise as they develop their opinions. Here's one potential resource: http://www.learningandteaching.info/ http://www.learningandteaching.info/