You’re definitely right, Mirjam, that it’s problematic that some people continue to use myths/fads that have been debunked (like learning styles and such). I think the point is not to be NOT evidence-based, but that practitioners themselves need to become evidence-based rather than relying on external experts. Working together is probably what can help the most… but the problem with a…Read More

hi Mirjam and Jacqueline – those are really interesting points. I don’t want to get too deep into philosophizing different epistemologies/ontologies of social science research, but I will say that I don’t believe in objectivity; “all understanding is always already interpretation” (says Gadamer) and the thing is, if you’re not being subjective with the viewpoints of the…Read More

hey Jolanda! Awesome to meet a fellow African and excited your session is a on humanly-possible timezone for me – I hope to be there live and listen in 🙂