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TED talks on learning
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50 Ted Talks Every Educator Should Check Out
50 Ted Talks Every Educator Should Check Out (2014 Edition)
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50 Ted Talks Every Educator Should Check Out
50 Ted Talks Every Educator Should Check Out (2014 Edition)
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Best Ted Talks
Carol Dweck
The Key To Success
Key To Success
Soft Skills
Ted Talks
School Counseling
Grit: The power of passion and perseverance
Leaving a high-flying job in consulting, Angela Lee Duckworth took a job teaching math to seventh graders in a New York public school. She quickly realized that IQ wasn’t the only thing separating the successful students from those who struggled. Here, she explains her theory of “grit” as a predictor of success.
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Adolescent Therapy
Teenage Brain
Ap Psychology
Teaching Shakespeare
Brain Science
Counseling Resources
School Psychology
Cognitive Development
Brain Development
The mysterious workings of the adolescent brain
Why do teenagers seem so much more impulsive, so much less self-aware than grown-ups? Cognitive neuroscientist Sarah-Jayne Blakemore compares the prefrontal cortex in adolescents to that of adults, to show us how typically “teenage” behavior is caused by the growing and developing brain.
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Grit: The power of passion and perseverance
Leaving a high-flying job in consulting, Angela Lee Duckworth took a job teaching math to seventh graders in a New York public school. She quickly realized that IQ wasn’t the only thing separating the successful students from those who struggled. Here, she explains her theory of “grit” as a predictor of success.
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Teacher Motivation
School Leadership
Teaching Teachers
Education Inspiration
Teach teachers how to create magic
What do rap shows, barbershop banter and Sunday services have in common? As Christopher Emdin says, they all hold the secret magic to enthrall and teach at the same time — and it’s a skill we often don't teach to educators. A longtime teacher himself, now a science advocate and cofounder of Science Genius B.A.T.T.L.E.S. with the GZA of the Wu-Tang Clan, Emdin offers a vision to make the classroom come alive.
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Learn From Mistakes
Student Voice
Professional Development For Teachers
Social Studies Teacher
Learn From Your Mistakes
Experiential Learning
How to learn? From mistakes
Diana Laufenberg shares 3 surprising things she has learned about teaching -- including a key insight about learning from mistakes. <em>(Filmed at <a href=http://www.ted.com/tedx/events/1535>TEDxMidAtlantic</a>.)</em>
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Tim Ferris
Learn Anything
Tim Ferriss
Stuck In A Rut
Read Later
Overcoming Fear
Be A Nice Human
Smash fear, learn anything
From the EG conference: Productivity guru Tim Ferriss' fun, encouraging anecdotes show how one simple question -- "What's the worst that could happen?" -- is all you need to learn to do anything.
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Teaching Night
Wofford College
Schoolhouse Rock
Opera Ballet
Jewish Books
School House Rock
High School Teacher
The life-long learner
Wofford College president Ben Dunlap tells the story of Sandor Teszler, a Hungarian Holocaust survivor who taught him about passionate living and lifelong learning.