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Category Archives: Creativity
Leading Your Life by Creating Great Moments
Last Friday, the results of my PET scan revealed that the three metastases in my lungs and the one in my liver are gone. Gone! Nivolumab administered intravenously every two weeks seems to be working. My loved ones are breathing … Continue reading
Posted in Brain Development, Challenge, Character, Collaborate. Create. Contribute., Creativity, Emotional Intelligence, Fun, Genius, Leadership, perseverance, Play, Relationships, Resilience, Respect, Responsibility, Self-Actualization, Social Responsibility, Thoughtfulness
Tagged building character, collaboration, conflict, creativity, Genius, Leadership, Learning
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“Small Class Size” Is a Misguided Fetish
“I believe in small class size,” said the politician. All the parents and teachers nodded. Small class: good. Large class: bad, right? No, actually. Please follow and like us:
Posted in Brain Development, Collaborate. Create. Contribute., Collaboration, Creativity, Education, Emotional Intelligence, Genius, Leadership, Learning community, Mathematics Teaching, parent anxiety, Relationships, School Culture, School Reform, Social Responsibility
Tagged education, kids, Leadership, Learning community, learning social skills, math teaching, Parenting, school reform, self-actualization, social responsibility, success, teaching, teaching responsibility
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Creating a Life: The Purpose of School
Could creating a life be the purpose of school? Why not? When it is, everything works right. When schools have other ends in mind, they get discipline problems, dropouts and lower performance. By the end of September, seventh grader Kaden was sending himself … Continue reading
Posted in Coaching, Creativity, Emotional Intelligence, Empowerment, School Reform, Self-Actualization
Tagged building character, character, Coaching, Creating a Life, creativity, decision making, emotional intelligence, empowerment, Genius, Leadership, Learning, Parenting, parenting skills, school reform, self-actualization
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Can Your Genius Make Conflict Creative?
Can conflict be creative? My older brother and I fought a lot. “Fight to the death!” we said. It scared our mother, and scared me, too, I guess. I remember at age eight fighting in our back yard with Bruce Keller, … Continue reading
Posted in Children, Collaborate. Create. Contribute., Conflict and Issues, Creativity, Genius, Self-Actualization
Tagged Anger, building character, challenge, character, collaboration, conflict, creativity, education, Genius, issues, kids, Leadership, Learning community, learning social skills, Love, Parenting, parenting skills, responsibility, self-actualization, social responsibility, teachers, teaching, thoughtfulness, violence
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Learning Language, Math, & Science Concepts Through Play
Play is essential to optimize learning Language, Math, Science, as well as preparing the brain for collaboration, creativity and making valuable contributions to the world. Please follow and like us:
Posted in Brain Development, Children, Constructivist Education, Education, Genius, Play, Preschool, School Reform, STEM subjects, Teaching
Tagged achievement, brain development, constructivist education, creativity, decision making, education, leaders, Leadership, Learning, math, math teaching, play, Preschool, project based learning, school, school reform, self-actualization, STEM subject, success, teaching
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