As the mother of two boys at the beginning of their educational journey, reading Josh’s book couldn’t have been more timely for me. One thing I’ve learned in the last few years is how different my children are when it comes to learning styles. My younger son just turned five and is in a Pre-K program. He’s
wildly imaginative, bright, independent and headstrong. He’s a rule breaker. My older child is almost seven and in first grade and couldn’t be more different. He’s the scientist who relies only on fact and has little room for make believe. He doesn’t like confrontation…
NICOLE POMEROY-PRAISING EFFORT OVER ABILITY
December 19th, 2011 Categories: The Learning JournalBRIAN CLARKE-Share Your Story
October 11th, 2011 Categories: The Learning JournalNothing is impossible
The Art of Learning (TAOL) spoke to me about potential. The ideas in TAOL transformed my journey as a musician because I was able to live with a new understanding of my potential and how it would be realized. No matter how difficult a certain piece of music is, it can be mastered. The Art Of Learning teaches us that practically nothing is impossible. Dive in and trust the process.
Working deeper, not wider
For a musician there are many small technical adjustments and segments of motion that make up even the simplest of skills. Strumming an open string chord…
Celebration of Teaching & Learning Conference
February 11th, 2011 Categories: Events, The Learning Journal, Uncategorized
The Art of Teaching
October 19th, 2010 Categories: Bringing it All Together, Intuition: Developing The Internal Compass, Investment in Loss, Making Smaller Circles, Master the Fundamentals, The Learning Journal, The Power of Presence, The Soft Zone, Using AdversityGuest Blogger: Nick Rubinfier
Something that every teacher must face at some point is the inevitable interpretation that his or her job is one that is not really a highly qualified profession. We have all heard the saying “those who can’t do, teach” and realize that there is a belief out there that teachers become educators because they couldn’t find success in some more “real” field. And even when the person outside the field looks in and accepts that the job is one “I could never do,” it is often quickly followed with, “I just don’t have the patience for kids.”…
Debate and The Art of Learning: A Reflection
October 11th, 2010 Categories: Beginner's Mind, Breaking Down Walls, Investment in Loss, Loving the Game, Master the Fundamentals, The Learning Journal, Value Process Before Results
Guest Blogger: Tian Yan
This article is about how I apply the practice of debate and the ideas discussed in Josh Waitzkin’s “The Art of Learning” to my own personal development. Like Josh, I’m writing as honestly as I can, and in doing so, am sharing with you the most personal aspects of my life—things I’ve not even told my closest friends.
My name is Tian Yan. I’m a final-year software engineering undergraduate from Malaysia.
Three years ago, I dropped out of a top-20-world-ranking university because I was failing my academic course. I returned to Malaysia and continued my education in the Asia Pacific…
ADHD and The Art of Learning
June 15th, 2010 Categories: ADHD, Making Smaller Circles, The Learning Journal, Two Approaches to LearningGuest Blogger: Rob Hanly
Rob Hanly, a lifestyle architect from Sydney, Australia, blogs about his struggles with ADHD and how The Art of Learning helped him focus on the essence and details of his work.
Making Smaller Circles
“I’m smarter than this!”
Not long after I turned 12, these words started ringing in my head after every assessment like the buzzing of a mosquito late at night. It was intrusive, a signal of something I couldn’t control.
During my younger years at school, I’d constantly been at the high end of the bell curve – my marks were high and my achievements were constant.…
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