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kynan robinson

Why Are We So Afraid of Creativity? | Literally Psyched, Scientific American Blog Network - 1 views

  • Or another one: teachers have repeatedly been found to dislike students who show curiosity and creative thought, even though creativity is held as an important goal of education.
  • If you’re a student whose teacher constantly thwarts you when you try to do something your own way, you may not have the stamina of M.I.T.’s founders—especially if you come across such resistance at an early age.
  • Instead, you may find yourself trained to stop your creative thoughts before they are fully formed, lest you get in trouble for voicing something that is “wrong.
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  • we may hold an unconscious bias against creative ideas much like we do in cases of racism or phobias.
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Andrew Williamson

Why Mathematics is a Foreign Language in America and What to Do about It. - 1 views

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    Follow this blog for some great discussion about mathematics, this post you might want to link it to your class blog so parents can have a read. 
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