psychology

Where does Good Enough Come from?

It was Donald Winnicott, of course, who coined the phrase good-enough in connection with parenting. He first introduced the term…

4 years ago

The 100 Ways Children Learn and Why You Should Ignore Them

Learning styles - they used to be everywhere. You know - learning styles -  that notion that the way children…

9 years ago

Discovery and Uncovery

We all love to rumble on about lifelong learning . But how does that happen when learning is presented as…

9 years ago

Why are we doing this to our children?

Here is child psychologist Dr. Megan Koschnick on why Early Childhood Standards of Common Core are Developmentally Inappropriate. This is her…

10 years ago

Japan

On Tuesday the day broke with bright sunshine. The grass was rimed with sparkling frost and the air was sharp…

14 years ago

The Graphic Advice of Wendy Mogel

I loved the addition of graphic artists at this year's NAIS Annual Conference. It was a marvel to watch them…

14 years ago

Childhood Is Another Country: Children Are Not Miniature Adults

Childhood is another country: they do things differently there.* Great researchers and thinkers about education (think Froebel, Piaget, Vygotsky and…

14 years ago

Train your Brain: The Science of Learned Optimism

I had the pleasure today of hearing Shawn Achor speak on the topic of happiness and the science of positive…

16 years ago

School Epidemic

When young people spend countless hours, days, and weeks on activities that they find meaningless, there are psychological and social…

16 years ago

Testing: There are Better Ways to Identify Gifted and Talented Students

It's testing season and here's a timely reminder that traditional testing for ability is not the last word in thinking…

16 years ago

Stop Praising Students

There's a good article in the latest Educational Leadership: "The Perils and Promise of Praise". It's by Carol Dweck. The…

17 years ago

Write a Novel, Change the World: Use your Laptop as a brick

Gary Stager came to Poughkeepsie Day School at the end of March and he began with a lively Vassar College/…

18 years ago