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SEPTEMBER 30, 2021

Toxic positivity is the belief that no matter how bad a situation is, we should all have a positive mindset about it. In fact, educational leadership experts say that culture is always at play in a school’s success or failure. In my role as listener and coach I’ve heard what teachers need. Avoid toxic positivity.

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Teachers Coaching Schools Counselling 218

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JUNE 19, 2017

A growth mindset involves two important pieces: 1) a deliberate focus on attaining growth vs. proficiency, no matter what students are working on, and 2) students’ beliefs that they have the ability to meet goals by changing how they approach new learning experiences. In following this process, one can achieve a true growth mindset.

Failure 141

Failure Learning Achievement Essay 141

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MAY 7, 2020

If there is a personal project or business opportunity you’ve been interested in trying out, there’s no better time than the present to dive into something new and challenging, acquaint yourself with failure, pick yourself back up again, and build the muscle needed for high-growth, lifelong learning.

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Students Failure Beliefs Skills 156

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MARCH 3, 2020

For the educators in our research, making was no one particular type of activity—whether programming robots or folding paper into shapes or inventing a solution to a common problem. And these educators in our focus groups were more likely than teachers of younger students to use technologies such as 3D printers and green screens.

Coaching 176

Coaching Participation Failure Beliefs 176

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SEPTEMBER 4, 2019

The students were starting to see that language impacts meaning, and that their choice of words indicated subtle and even unconscious beliefs As students began to find differences in the words they were using, they started trying to convince each other why their word was better. And then it got harder. What do these words imply? I asked them.

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Essay Beliefs Students Languages 168

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FEBRUARY 3, 2020

Yet there are eight education technology startups that currently list the firm as an investor. While that failure shaped Danner’s reluctance to bet on companies that sell to schools, he’s made a handful of exceptions in the past. The irony of the name—a play on the dunce cap—is not lost on its managing director, John Danner.

Education 137

Education Failure Beliefs Internet 137

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JANUARY 7, 2019

As a guy who lives on the cutting edge of technology, I found it very frustrating to see how far behind the school was, not just in terms of their use of one-off tech and old-school tools, like clickers and white boards, but their failure to connect the dots between better outcomes and using things like big data and mobile technologies.”

Study 164

Study Lecturing Assistive Technology Exams 164

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AUGUST 13, 2016

But despite the compelling nature of this "Netflix of Education" vision, it can encourage a misleading view of personalized learning. Examining several key areas where the educational Netflix analogy breaks down can help us better understand the qualities of an effective personalized learning solution. Do Learners Really Know Best?

Education 158

Education Evaluation Failure Essay 158

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DECEMBER 4, 2020

There is a strong belief among many professors that all students need to succeed in intermediate algebra in order to progress, agrees Olga Rodriguez, a research fellow at the Public Policy Institute of California Higher Education Center. These largely positive changes for students have presented professors with new challenges, however.

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Exams English Math Instructors 168

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JULY 18, 2017

Girls Who Code in 2012, has strong beliefs about how the political landscape will and should affect computer science education, as well as the biggest hurdles facing those hoping to adequately educate girls on coding. That failure and rejection are powerful tools to obtaining success, greatness, and joy. Reshma Saujani.

Failure 124

Failure Science Math Culture 124

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DECEMBER 3, 2019

But on a country-level analysis, doing well at reading, math and science doesn’t necessarily correlate with a belief in growth mindset. In addition, he says there’s a “strong relationship growth mindset and resilience” and the data suggests it can boost motivation and reduce fear of failure. coming in 10th.

Testing 140

Testing Exams Intelligence Failure 140

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JUNE 1, 2020

What he found was that the right messages, delivered at the right time, can boost attendance and reduce course failure, as results published in The Journal of Human Resources in 2019 showed. Around that time, Bergman decided to build his own messaging technology to support his research. Course failures dipped by 28 percent.

Failure 112

Failure Students Assignments Beliefs 112

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JULY 5, 2022

Teachers have broken down in my office sharing that this year, they felt like failures, they felt like first year teachers all over again and that this year, they contemplated leaving the profession. I realized that to change practices at our school, we needed to change our beliefs and mindsets.

Education 186

Education Coaching Special Education English 186

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APRIL 2, 2019

I am of the belief that writing can't be taught, but it can be a learned school of thought. Learning to write is a process that requires failure, that requires trying things over again. Because there's no information I can give students about writing that will help them write better. That requires taking a big swing and missing.

Writing 167

Writing Essay Feedback Students 167

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FEBRUARY 26, 2018

Michael also shared his thoughts on developing a professional brand and the importance of his community on social media: Having a professional brand really means that I have ultimately reflected on what I want to do and be as an educator. Another rising educational innovator is K-5 art teacher, Tricia Fuglested. MEITE program overview.

Gamification 132

Gamification Game-Based Learning Art Education 132

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JUNE 12, 2017

It's unbelievable how hard it is to get that [idea across] in education. In this world, would there be such a thing as failure? At best, we need to give you a label of a disability for you to have any kind of accommodations outside of the ‘norm.’. Who’s that good for? Who benefits? Sadly, we're so far away from that right now.

Intelligence 144

Intelligence Failure Science Beliefs 144

eSchool News

AUGUST 27, 2024

For some, this may be a struggle to embrace due lack of access or belief that paper is better. The continued proliferation of AI in education technology could expose many teachers to subpar content. During the pandemic, school districts made unprecedented investments in education technologies. Schenker, Ed.D.,

Schools 335

Schools Coaching STEM Evaluation 335

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APRIL 24, 2023

I felt kind of like a failure. You're questioning a lot of things, and you're building your own belief system. That's kind of how I was after that first year of college. I felt really defeated. I didn't do well in my classes because I didn't have a clear vision. But I think it does take growth and sometimes it takes time and maturity.

Teachers 148

Teachers English History High School 148

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JANUARY 7, 2019

As a guy who lives on the cutting edge of technology, I found it very frustrating to see how far behind the school was, not just in terms of their use of one-off tech and old-school tools, like clickers and white boards, but their failure to connect the dots between better outcomes and using things like big data and mobile technologies.”

Study 97

Study Lecturing Assistive Technology Exams 97

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APRIL 18, 2017

Increasingly, students are going to college with the belief that it's a pathway to a better job. We do have to think very, very hard about the way in which the ideals of a liberal learning basis for education are ideals that are not realized in the way universities have set up their curricula.

Gamification 114

Gamification Art Beliefs Achievement 114

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NOVEMBER 16, 2016

Second, even when the initial structure does not prove an obstacle, the intensity of belief in the thesis being pursued can lead investors to be dangerously slow in shifting their approach, even in the face of overwhelming evidence of its flaws.

Failure 144

Failure Education Beliefs Achievement 144

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JUNE 17, 2022

Following the murder of George Floyd two years ago, we saw a national mobilization that challenged the beliefs and institutions that sanctioned the behavior of his murderer and accomplices. While Black Americans account for less than 13 percent of the U.S.

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History Teaching Failure Beliefs 153

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JUNE 18, 2018

His continuous failure—or iteration, as we’d call it today— taught him to innovate. Discuss how despite repeated failures, all heroes complete their journey. This belief makes it difficult to instill the idea that SEL concepts can be taught.

Failure 138

Failure Motivation History Learning 138

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OCTOBER 12, 2017

The declaration that free online courses can’t solve education’s problems comes as no surprise to many traditional educators. Meanwhile, Udacity's pivot to professional education has brought the company commercial success.

Failure 145

Failure Beliefs Achievement Questions 145

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NOVEMBER 8, 2023

I’ve had to develop a guide for myself to teaching and loving children knowing you may lose them and grappling with the white savior beliefs and practices that made me believe I could save them. It has not been possible for me to continue to teach unchanged by these losses and the structural reality that ensures they will continue.

Teaching 164

Teaching Students Failure Beliefs 164