{"id":10827,"date":"2019-09-17T11:59:34","date_gmt":"2019-09-17T07:59:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/englishbookgeorgia.com\/blogebg\/?p=10827"},"modified":"2019-09-18T13:48:57","modified_gmt":"2019-09-18T09:48:57","slug":"minibookfairs-week-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/englishbookgeorgia.com\/blogebg\/minibookfairs-week-3\/","title":{"rendered":"#Minibookfairs Week 3"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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#minibookfairs<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This week we are having #minibookfair at 21st<\/sup> Century. Parents, are you ready for back-to-school?\nTeachers, would you like to share some great parenting articles with students\u2019\nfamilies? <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

This is what we have prepared for you<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Curiosity: The Metaskill to Thrive in the 21st Century<\/strong><\/h5>\n\n\n\n

The ability to learn faster than others is a competitive advantage. To thrive in an uncertain and complex world doesn\u2019t depend on the skills your team has, but on those they can acquire. Learning is a force for change. But how can your employees develop a learning mindset?<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

The answer is both simple and complex \u2014 organizations must recover the power of curiosity. Simple because curiosity is something wired into our\u00a0DNA. Complicated because our learning approach is broken. We keep teaching kids to think like machines. And machines to think like adults.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For years, scientists have been trying to replicate the\nwrong mind \u2014 that of an adult. Teaching machines to defeat a chess master is\neasy \u2014 but machines cannot think like a 4-year-old.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The father of computer science and\u00a0artificial intelligence\u00a0was onto something back in the 1950s.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cInstead of trying to produce a program to simulate the adult mind, why not rather try to produce one which simulates the child\u2019s?\u201d\u200a\u2014\u200a \u200a Alan Turing <\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

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It took us 60 years to finally bring\ncomputer scientists and developmental psychologists together to decipher the\nformula of curiosity. The secret to learning lies in kindergarten, not in the\nadult brain.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Develop a Learning Mindset<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Unlike adults, kid\u2019s learning process is\ndriven by curiosity. Everything your organization needs to know about learning;\nyou can borrow it from kindergarteners.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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1. Play to learn; learn to play<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

There\u2019s a critical connection between students\u2019\u00a0well-being, sense of belonging, and their academic achievement.For young kids, learning is not tied to any reward \u2014 like acing a test. Curiosity is a way of life \u2014 playing and learning are two sides of the same coin. It\u2019s not a burden imposed by others, but an innate desire.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

If you feel good, you learn better. Organizations should emphasize the development of social skills instead of promoting high achievement. Increased self-awareness, creativity,\u00a0collaboration, and communication are vital to developing a learning mindset.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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2. Learning makes time go slower<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Time seems to speed up as we grow older. But, it slows down when we face new experiences or visit new places. The more information our minds process, the slower time seems to pass. That\u2019s one of the laws of psychological time, as Bob Clagett describes in his book\u00a0Making Time<\/em>. Our perception of time is caused by the relationship between our experience of time and the amount of information our minds take in.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

The world is a fascinating place \u2014 full of new perceptions, experiences, and thoughts. Children know this. That\u2019s why they are curious. When you are busy exploring the world, time slows down.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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3. Learning requires emptying your mind<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

When I ask an adult in one of\u00a0my workshops\u00a0to draw, they get paralyzed. \u201cI don\u2019t know how to draw.\u201d When I ask a child, they immediately start drawing. It\u2019s not that kids know how to draw \u2014 they don\u2019t think in right-or-wrong terms. Curiosity keeps our mind thirsty for more experiences. To learn something new requires emptying your mind. What you know is an obstacle for incorporating new ideas.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

The mind can\u2019t hold attention for more than 10 minutes \u2014 your\u00a0short-term memory\u00a0gets filled quickly. Neuroscientists recommend taking regular breaks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

4. Active learning happens in the real world<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

New situations expand our consciousness \u2014\nbeing in an office limits our curiosity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the famous\u00a0Marshmallow Challenge<\/em>\u00a0experiment, kindergarteners build taller towers than business school students. The reason: they plan and create at the same time. Adults design first and, only then, start touching the materials.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Psychologists call it\u00a0active learning\u00a0\u2014 the ability to go out into the world and experiment. Instead of taking data someone else presents, kids learn from direct interaction.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Kids don\u2019t observe the world \u2014 they\nexperience it. By experimenting \u2014 seeing, touching, playing \u2014 they get data to\nsolve their problems.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

5. Social learning: the power of collaboration<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

We learn faster, and better, working with\nothers than on our own.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Kids are social learners \u2014 they don\u2019t learn\nin isolation. They are continually interacting with other children, teachers,\nand parents.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As Alison Gopnik\u00a0explains here, children use theory of mind to decide whether and how to learn from others. They try to understand what\u2019s going on in other people\u2019s mind.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Young children observe others\u2019 behavior and\ntry to infer if people are trying to teach them to perform a specific task or\nnot. Machines are not yet there in understanding basic theory of mind, let\nalone using those inferences.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Curiosity is the most critical metaskill to\nthrive in a fast-changing world. Your organization success depends on\nrelearning how to learn.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The secret lies in kindergarten. Instead of\ntrying to get children to think like adults, train your team to think more like\nchildren.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Source: Author: Gustavo Razzetti, in Print: Stretch\nfor Change: How To Improve Your Change Fitness And Thrive In Life<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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