Comments on: Generation Me

By: Artichoke

Artichoke — Sun, 21 Feb 2010 03:48:53 +0000

The "culture of niceness" rather than the "culture of challenge" may well be where we go wrong in classrooms - I have been encouraging some of the schools I work with in New Zealand to think about Po Bronson's article on Dweck's research in New York Magazine How Not to Talk to Your Kids The Inverse Power of Praise. Frightening stuff.

I am similarily sceptical re "painting groups with large paint rollers" and love your expression ...

I last thought about this in the context of learning styles in a post on Learning Styles: Seduction and Gullibility
Why am I troubled when I read, hear and think about Learning Styles ...?

QUESTIONS #1 Simplified to the point of absurdity:
How can we capture the infinite complexities of human identity and interaction through a reduced and simplified set of statistical personality profiles? And What are the consequences of simplifying human behaviour into limited profiles and continuums?

By: Janet Clarey

Janet Clarey — Sat, 05 May 2007 12:58:59 +0000

Thanks for the links. So much great information to read…that I’ll have to read it, sleep on it, and then act on it. I’m so happy to have been pointed to your blog. Started reading several posts and said holy sh*t this is good.

I did read through Dweck’s stuff…yes it is frightening and it made me sigh a lot. Stuff I see everyday. The implications are enormous.

By: Janet Clarey

Janet Clarey — Sat, 05 May 2007 12:58:00 +0000

I did read through Dweck’s stuff…yes it is frightening and it made me sigh a lot. Stuff I see everyday. The implications are enormous.

By: Artichoke

Artichoke — Sat, 05 May 2007 08:21:52 +0000

The "culture of niceness" rather than the "culture of challenge" may well be where we go wrong in classrooms - I have been encouraging some of the schools I work with in New Zealand to think about Po Bronson's article on Dweck's research in New York Magazine How Not to Talk to Your Kids The Inverse Power of Praise. Frightening stuff. I am similarily sceptical re "painting groups with large paint rollers" and love your expression ... I last thought about this in the context of learning styles in a post on Learning Styles: Seduction and Gullibility Why am I troubled when I read, hear and think about Learning Styles ...? QUESTIONS #1 Simplified to the point of absurdity: How can we capture the infinite complexities of human identity and interaction through a reduced and simplified set of statistical personality profiles? And What are the consequences of simplifying human behaviour into limited profiles and continuums?

By: Karyn Romeis

Karyn Romeis — Thu, 03 May 2007 10:21:33 +0000

“itâ€™s more important to make students feel good than to be critical of their work.”

Recently, an initiative has been introduced in the UK to address behavioural problems by praising recidivists 5 times more often than scholding them. I’m glad I don’t have to try to meet that challenge! It was tough enough with my two sons – how it would be trying to keep track of the praise/scold balance for every child with whom a teacher comes into contact, I dread to think.

By: Karyn Romeis

Karyn Romeis — Thu, 03 May 2007 10:21:00 +0000

“itâ€™s more important to make students feel good than to be critical of their work.”