How Children Succeed: Grit, Curiosity, and the Hidden Power of Character
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| Rating | : | 4.68 (577 Votes) |
| Asin | : | B0095PEWH8 |
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| Number of Pages | : | 560 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2017-11-24 |
| Language | : | English |
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Graham Scharf said The power of early parenting, environment in cyclical poverty. Following the footsteps of Jonathan Kozol, Paul Tough employs his significant storytelling abilities to help readers see and feel the plight of children, families and communities trapped in cycles of failure and poverty. How Children Succeed challenges some conventional wisdom on causes of failure (poverty, teacher quality) and contends that nurturing character in children and young adults is the key to success. As a former NYC Teaching Fellow who has lived and worked in multiple communities of cyclical poverty, I'm convinced that Tough has nailed some critical pieces of breaking those cycles.Here is the argument in brief:=================. Steve Berczuk said Rethinking what's Important. When listening to news coverage of education reform and talking to parents and teachers one hears a variety of views about what "The Best" approach to education is. Reading How Children Succeed led me to reconsider may of my preconceptions about what's best for kids, and along the way I learned a few things that I can use to help the people I work with succeed.The argument is that these "non-cognitive" or "character skills" -- things like grit, resilience, and resourcefulness, are often a better predictor of eventually success than mastery of academic skills. These non-cognitive skills are not all one needs, but they seem to be the least d. Masterfully written AND scientifically accurate, will move you and make you rethink some "common sense" assumptions ItalCali Paul Tough's conclusions can be summed up very briefly:- the biggest obstacle to academic & life success is a home & a community that create high levels of stress, and the absence of a secure relationship with a caregiver that would allow a child to manage stress;- non-cognitive skills, like conscientiousness, grit, resilience, perseverance and optimism are more important than cognitive skills for young people to succeed in life;- character matters; as the author points out, conservatives are right about this. But character is molded by the environment and as a society we can do a lot to influence its development in children; as the author
And it argues for a new way of thinking about how best to steer an individual child - or a whole generation of children - toward a successful future. But in How Children Succeed, Paul Tough argues for a very different understanding of what makes a successful child. This provocative and profoundly hopeful book will not only inspire and engage listeners; it will also change our understanding of childhood itself.. How Children Succeed introduces us to a new generation of scientists and educators who are radically changing our understanding of how children develop character, how they learn to think, and how they overcome adversity. It tells the personal stories of young people struggling to stay on the right side of the line between success and failure. Drawing on groundbreaking research in neuroscience, economics, and psychology, Tough shows that the qualities that matter most have less to do with IQ and more to do with character: skills like grit, curiosity, conscientiousness, and optimism. The story we usually tell about childhood and success is the one about intelligence: Success comes to those who score highest on tests, from preschool admissions to SATs