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Emotions, Learning and the Brain: Exploring the Educational Implications of...
Educators have long known that students’ emotional experiences greatly impact their learning. Dr. Mary…
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The Upside of Your Dark Side: Why Being Your Whole...
Happiness, comfort, and mindful attentiveness to one’s surroundings seem like states we should all desire….
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Wired to Create: Unraveling the Mysteries of the Creative Mind...
“Contradict yourself!” Scott Barry Kaufman, scientific director of the Imagination Institute at the University of…
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Creative Schools: The Grassroots Revolution That’s Transforming Education by Ken...
To better serve more students and encourage creativity, inquiry, a diversity of skills, and the…
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The Hungry Mind: The Origins of Curiosity in Childhood by...
How might we encourage more curiosity among young people and particularly among those with lower…
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Overloaded and Underprepared: Strategies for Stronger Schools and Healthy, Successful...
Many middle and high school students are exhausted, stressed, tempted by maladaptive behaviors, and not necessarily…
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Creating Cultures of Thinking: The 8 Forces We Must Master...
Do your schools and learning communities promote curiosity, innovation, collaboration, empathy, determination, and analytic thinking?…
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Building Resilience in Children and Teens: Giving Kids Roots and...
Resilience—the ability to recover from a set-back—is one of the most important traits and mindsets…
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Age of Opportunity: Lessons from the New Science of Adolescence...
Laurence Steinberg, professor of psychology at Temple University, provides a compelling call to action grounded…
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Neurobiology and the Development of Human Morality: Evolution, Culture, and...
In her 2014 book, Neurobiology and the Development of Human Morality: Evolution, Culture, and Wisdom,…
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