11/19/12 Professional Development Links

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DRIVING QUESTIONS:

• What is “character”? Can it be taught, or is it something that you learn from your family or from life experiences?
• Would you want to be in a school that had programs to foster character, and issued report cards rating your character?

Take the Grit Test!

Angela Duckworth Grit Test

Paul Tough NY Times Article

What if the Secret to Success Is Failure?

 

Peterson and Seligman, 24 Character Strengths

Can You Teach Character?

 

Grit and Ambition Scales

Angela Duckworth Questionnaires

Children Test Their Skills...

Marshmallow Test
 

Theo Takes the Marshmallow Test

The Marshmallow Test

 

NPR This American Life

Back to School

Aspen Ideas Festival Video

Can Character Be Taught?

 

NPR Author Interview

Children Succeed With Character, Not Test Scores

Maclean's Article

Paul Tough on How Children Succeed

 

Greetings!

This is the demo site for Ms. Keenan's blogging work.

You won't find much on here since it is used as a blank canvas during professional development sessions.

If you would like to see a more "finished" site, feel free to visit my classroom blogs: www.keenan12.blogspot.com or (last year's) www.keenan10.blogspot.com

Questions? Send me an email at: ms.k.keenan(at)gmail.com

Happy blogging!