These eight myths, recognised as such,
give the lie to any notion that vocational
learning is not a complex, intelligent
activity in which more than just the brain
is engaged:
Myth 1: Practical learning is
cognitively simple.
Myth 2: Clever people ‘grow out’ of
practical learning.
Myth 3: You have to understand
something before you can
(learn how) to do it.
Myth 4: Clever people don’t get
their hands dirty.
Myth 5: Clever people don’t ‘need’
to work with their hands.
Myth 6: Practical education is only
forthe less ‘able’.
Myth 7: Practical learning involves
only lower order thinking.
Myth 8: Practical teaching is a
second‑rate activity.