Here are a couple of quick reads from my Medium alter ego Brain Candy. I’m reprinting them here…
An instructor goes home at the end of the day and says to their loved one:
“Today I taught my students”
Gifted. Talented.
You’ve no doubt heard those words before applied to others. But have you heard them applied to you? What about these: He was just born talented or she was a gifted little girl. Heard those? More importantly…
“How well children grow through the traumas, challenges, and disadvantages they experience depends on how well they learn. How well they rise to the opportunities and advantages they experience depends on how well they learn. From their emotional health and maturity to…
Last time out I was writing about tips for learning to better receive feedback and the topic of praise came up. There was a point in time where I felt that praise and feedback were the same thing. I read an article the other day where it seemed to me that the two were being used…
I love this quote. If the essence of life is learning then I think this quote sums it all up quite nicely. Here’s what…
A couple of posts ago I wrote about the role of intrinsic motivation in learning. Learning really is a matter of acknowledging the “if I want to component”. We’ll really only learn when we are motivated to learn — when we want to learn. While a certain…
Motivation. It can come in all shapes and sizes. I’m most interested in how motivation effects learning. Specifically, motivation’s impact on the relationship between teaching and learning.
