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Findings from this post on creativity sounds too good for me. Thanks to Ana Cristina for the link. For all the talk of creativity in business, industry and academia, there's evidence that it's imp...
By Morty Lefkoe. "There are traits so common most people consider them inherent. In fact, they are not inherent at all, and we can learn to change them, and our lives."
You don't find school reformers talking much about how we need to train more teachers in the arts, given the current obsession with science, math, technology and engineering, but here's a list of skills that young people learn from studying the arts.
With a little knowledge & a lot of practice, being frugal will become second nature for children. Make the most of what we have - attribute we'd all like!
Schools in England will no longer be rated as "outstanding" if they fail to close the attainment gap between poor and rich children, a minister says.
Sports governing bodies have given their approval to the Government's new school sports policy, the BBC learns.
Skateboarding Legend Rodney Mullen talks about his approach to Creativity and Innovation.
Via Lynnette Van Dyke
How To Prepare Students For 21st Century Survival (RT @isteconnects: Seven survival skills of the 21st century that we need to teach: http://t.co/eUTyqc9fqf #edtech #tlchat Librarians are...)...
Via Lynnette Van Dyke
We ask four incredible youths: What do you think is the future of education. Adora Svitak, Kid President, Thomas Suarez, and Ying Ying Shang.
Via Gianfranco D'Aversa
It's hard to gauge how students and parents feel about any one topic. When it comes to the influx of mobile technology, the question is even harder.
A once-failing Norfolk primary school says it has seen a "rapid improvement" since adopting a 45-hour-a-week timetable.
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Multiple psychologists and writers note a strong association between the personality trait of introversion and creativity. Science journalist Winifred Gallagher: “The glory of the disposition that stops to consider stimuli rather than rushing to engage with them is its long association with intellectual and artistic achievement. Neither E = mc2 nor Paradise Lost was dashed off by a party animal.”
Via Douglas Eby
Students are learning vector-based graphic skills in an after-school club. ("@Nightline: Kids on iPads: Teaching tool or babysitter?" DEFINITELY TEACHING!
Via Gianfranco D'Aversa
In today’s “throwaway world” with the current economic climate, it can be difficult for parents to talk to their children about money. Children often find it hard to understand the value of money: what their toys cost, where money comes from and why they can’t always have everything they want.
A study by the Oregon State University published in 2012 tracked 430 pre-school age children and found evidence that social and behavioural skills, such as paying attention, following directions and completing tasks may be even more important than academic ability.
Anyone wanting to make the most of their annual tax-free cash Isa allowance of £5,760 from April 6 will struggle to find anything that beats the eroding effects of inflation.
The youngest family members might not have their own smartphones, but they have their own apps -- lots and lots of them.
Via Carisa Kluver
Think Jar Collective contributor and creativity expert Michael Michalko shares his insights on what we don't learn about creativity in the school system.
Via Douglas Eby, Lynnette Van Dyke
Scientists think bouts of panic in stressful situations can be traced to genetics. But don’t freak out. Biology is not necessarily destiny.
A common misconception about home-schooling is that it is anti-education, or against the education establishment.
Via Gianfranco D'Aversa
‘Nickelas the Lost Nickel’ uses a lost coin to remind children of value of cash in modern world
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