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"Educational psychology has focused on the concepts of learned helplessness and more currently growth-fixed mindsets as a way to explain how and why students give up in the classroom setting. These ideas can also be applied to educators in this day of forced standardization, testing, scripted curriculum, and school initiatives." Via Beth Dichter, davidconover 
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posted by Chris Landry
"Michael Fullan, Professor Emeritus at the University of Toronto, discusses the often-used strategies that do not improve learning in schools before describing the strategies that have been proven effective."
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by Valerie Strauss
"The most famous teacher in the world is not a fan of high-stakes standardized tests, Teach For America or the Common Core State Standards. But he loves teaching and teachers, and he has written a new book giving advice to colleagues at all stages of their careers.
"He is fifth-grade teacher Rafe Esquith of Room 56 at Hobart Elementary School in Los Angeles. I feel comfortable calling him the world’s most famous teacher given the following about the father of four and grandfather of two, who has taught at Hobart for nearly 30 years and written several best-selling books:"
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"The news media is filled with horror stories about young people and the Internet, but what is often overlooked and not reported are the benefits that technology, the Internet, and Social media have in building and enhancing social-emotional skills." Via Beth Dichter
Randy D. Nichols's curator insight,
February 26, 2013 1:51 PM
As a complement to reading Nicholas Carr? 
Joe T.'s curator insight,
February 26, 2013 2:00 PM
This is an advancement as previous websites of the 1.0 have not helped benefit young people. |
This is a thought provoking article for both teachers and administrators.
Teachers not just family members can be a part of a students mindset. How they think and what challenges to make can also be in response to how teachers are teaching them.
This article explains in a way how helplessness can be a part of someone not being successful. It explains the initiative that someone must take to be successful in school.
This article is talking about how educators are moving from a fixed mindset to a growth mindset, and this has to do with the changes of the curriculum, and forced standardization. This is talking about how success is based on learning, and why some students give up on it.