7 traits kids need to succeed - World - CBC News - 1 views
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GritCuriositySelf-controlSocial intelligenceZestOptimismGratitude
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How Children Succeed—Grit, Curiosity, and the Hidden Power of Character.
Grit, Optimism And Other Buzzwords In The Way Of Education - Forbes - 0 views
How to Foster Grit, Tenacity and Perseverance: An Educator's Guide | MindShift - 0 views
Grit: The Other 21st Century Skills | User Generated Education - 0 views
5 Steps to Foster Grit in the Classroom | Edutopia - 0 views
How Design Thinking Became a Buzzword at School - The Atlantic - 0 views
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Ultimately, design thinking is not a curriculum, advocates like Stevenson say, but a process for problem-solving, a strategy to elicit creativity rooted in empathy and comfort with failure
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Mindsets, grit, and design thinking are all victims of their own massive popularity, and in the rush to incorporate these concepts into existing lesson plans, have sometimes been reduced to checklist items on teachers’ overcrowded to-do lists. When treated as a classroom culture, however, rather than an action, design thinking (as well as mindset and grit) may revolutionize the way teachers and students think about failure, creative problem-solving, and teamwork.
Perseverance and Grit - 0 views
Homework or Not? That is the (Research) Question. | District Administration Magazine - 0 views
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“Busy work turns students off from learning,” says Lynn Fontana, chief academic offcer of Sylvan Learning, a national tutoring chain that provides homework help for pre-K12 students. “If they can see the connection between what they’re doing as homework and what they need to know [for class], they are much more willing to do the homework.”
10 Traits Of Amazing Employees | Come Recommended - 0 views
Are College and Career Skills Really the Same? | PBS NewsHour - 0 views
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Nearly every study of employer needs over the past 20 years comes up with the same answers. Successful workers communicate effectively orally and in writing and have social and behavioral skills that make them responsible and good at teamwork. They are creative and techno-savvy, have a good command of fractions and basic statistics, and can apply relatively simple math to real-world problems like financial or health literacy.
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All students should master a verifiable set of skills, but not necessarily the same skills. High schools fail so many kids partly because educators can't get free of the notion that all students -- regardless of their career aspirations -- need the same basic preparation. As states pile on academic courses, they give less attention to the arts and downplay career and technical education to make way for a double portion of math.
How to Stick with It When You're Learning Something New On Your Own - 0 views
Bradshaw advises Grand View graduates | The Des Moines Register | desmoinesregister.com - 0 views
What the NFL Scouting Combine Can Teach Us About Teacher Evaluation | Edutopia - 0 views
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Characteristics like temperament, persistence and resilience matter more than test scores, especially in schools, because it's here that collaboration, not competitiveness, reigns supreme.