by LEO JOURARD – “What are champions made of?” The greatest athletes of all time seem to possess a supernatural quality that exceeds our ordinary understanding of the limits to the human body. There is a magical energy about their performances that evokes awe and wonder. At times, they leave us sprawled over the sofa, …
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Alliance High School
PORTLAND, OR – Alliance High School is an alternative public high school focused on helping students gain the credits they need to graduate and the skills necessary for future success. Miguel Mejia, a math teacher and instructional coach, contacted The Art of Learning Project with an interest in developing a program that would support both …
The Learning Path of a Fixed Mindset
by SAMANTHA MIDGLEY Josh’s first stage of learning (Chapter 1: Innocent Moves) is turning his love for and natural curiosity towards chess into a disciplined art form. Josh talks about how his teacher, Bruce Pandolfini, helped him on the path to learning how to be more disciplined with his chess without suppressing his love for …
The Joshua Center
ROGERS, AR – Marriage and Family therapist, Jordan Harris Ph.D, provides trauma and couples counseling as well as small group trainings at the Joshua Center. Within his therapy groups, Jordan uses the concepts of Investment in Loss, the Downward Spiral, and developing a growth mindset to model new frameworks and encourage mindset shifts in his clients. …
Barcelona Academy of Art
BARCELONA, SPAIN – Dorian Iten, Director of the Digital Art Program, uses principles from The Art of Learning with an aim to strengthen resilience and deepen the students’ awareness of their internal states. “Time and again I have found my insights from drawing and painting echoed in the principles Josh gleans from chess and the …
NYU Wrestling
NEW YORK, NY – Gene Kobilansky, the assistant wrestling coach at New York University, has implemented an Art of Learning based mindset-training curriculum with his athletes with an aim to develop resilience and an incremental approach to wrestling and learning in general. “Our goal is to instill a love of learning and a focus on …