{"product_id":"misinformation-and-fake-news-in-panayiota-kendeou-9781641138529","title":"Misinformation and Fake News in Education","description":"\u003cp\u003eToday, like no other time in our history, the threat of misinformation and disinformation is at an all-time high. This is also true in the field of Education. Misinformation refers to false information shared by a source who intends to inform, but is unaware that the information is false, such as when an educator who recommends the use of a learning strategy that is not actually beneficial. Disinformation is false information shared by a source who has the intent to deceive and is aware that the information is false, such as when a politician claim that high-stakes testing will fix K-12 education when in fact there is no evidence to support this practice. This book provides recent examples of how misinformation and disinformation manifest in the field of education and remedies.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eSection One, Susceptibility to Misinformation\u003c\/em\u003e, focuses on factors that influence the endorsement and persistence of misinformation. This section will include chapters on: the appeal and persistence of \"zombie concepts\" in education; learner and message factors that underlie the adoption of misinformation in the context of the newly proposed Likelihood of Adoption Model; cognitive and motivational factors that contribute to misinformation revision failure; cognitive biases and bias transfer in criminal justice training; the influence of conspiratorial and political ideation on the use of misinformation; and, how educational culture and policy has historically given rise to quackery in education.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eSection Two, Practices in the Service of Reducing Misinformation in Education\u003c\/em\u003e, focuses on practices aimed at reducing the impact of misinformation, and includes chapters on: misinformation in the education of children with ASD and its influence on educational and intervention practices; the promise of using dynamical systems and computational linguistics to model the spread of misinformation; systematic attempts to reduce misinformation in psychology and education both in and out of the classroom; and the potential perils of constructivism in the classroom, as well as the teaching of critical thinking. Each section has a discussion chapter that explicates emerging themes and lessons learned and fruitful avenues for future research.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Panayiota Kendeou\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1641138521\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781641138529\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Information Age Publishing\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/24\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 336\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.42lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.75d","brand":"Panayiota Kendeou","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44126566318335,"sku":"9781641138529","price":99.74,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_8fcf8eb3-91cb-4751-9719-b746596a32b4.jpg?v=1687448920","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/misinformation-and-fake-news-in-panayiota-kendeou-9781641138529","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}