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What Kills the Love of Learning - the 2 Teachability Cycles

Posted on Oct 21st, 2006 by Steven : Emergence Personality Theorist Steven

Have you ever considered how vulnerable students are to teachers, both to teachers' criticisms and to teachers' false beliefs? Considering how vulnerable students really are, is it any wonder some of them shut off in... More »

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What Kills the Love of Learning? part 1

Posted on Oct 9th, 2006 by Steven : Emergence Personality Theorist Steven

Are you skeptical?Are you too open to teachers? What makes children so open to teachers? And what makes many adults so closed to them? Finally, what kills the love of learning? This week, in our... More »

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"Momentum" as the Balm for Not Knowing Something

Posted on Sep 17th, 2006 by Steven : Emergence Personality Theorist Steven

Last week, I mentioned I have weeks in which I find it difficult to begin writing this column. What makes me do it then? In a word, "momentum." You see, I find it far easier... More »

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the Myth of Grades - Statistical Error

Posted on Aug 26th, 2006 by Steven : Emergence Personality Theorist Steven

Have you even received an unfair grade? Have you ever noticed how no one asks people for their grades out in the real world? Why not? This week's column on Education and Learning explores The... More »

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