By JOHN KAFALAS I’m a candlepin bowler, on an unusual career path: I was very active as a youth bowler, then drifted away from the sport after high school and bowled only sporadically for most of my adult life, until I decided, at the age of 43, to return to bowling as an intensive competitor …
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Mount Holyoke College
SOUTH HADLEY, MA: Courtney Caminiti is a student at Mount Holyoke College, where she runs a sciences and tutoring program aimed at mentoring women. She used The Art of Learning in a presentation on metacognition that she gave to a class which accompanies the tutoring program. Courtney was a student at Mendham High School when …
Oberlin College
OBERLIN, OH: Costantine Ananiadis is a former D-I tennis athlete, tennis coach, martial artist, and chess player and coach. He has used The Art of Learning concepts in his teaching and his own competition. At his suggestion The Art of Learning was the topic of conversation for the book club in the athletics dept at …
Ponguinguiola A.C.
SONORA AND BAJA, MEXICO – Ponguinguiola A.C. is a community organization dedicated to working with public and private schools and low income communities in Sonora and Baja, Mexico. They work within the community to promote healthy and ecologically responsible lifestyles and to motivate children to develop a love of learning and reach their full potential …
Guilford High School
ROCKFORD, IL – Erik Czerwin, an English Language Arts teacher and chess coach at Guilford High School, is using The Art of Learning in a book club with the students on his chess team. As the program progresses, he plans to have the students who have already read the book and experienced the “lit circle” …
TEACHER’S COLLEGE, COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY
NEW YORK, NY -Connie Chartrand is teaching a Staff Development class at Teacher’s College, Columbia University, as part of the Adult Learning and Leadership program. The context for the course is learning in the workplace such as hospitals, consulting firms, corporations, and non-profits. It is comprised of full and part-time students and employees who are …