Teaching Grit
Dr. Lisa M. Gonzales
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Dr. Lisa M. Gonzales
Executive Director of Operations & Finance | Certified Chief Business Official - WASBO & CASBO
We don't teach grit well. Period.
But we should.
Because the resiliency and stamina that our students need in this day and age far exceeds that of prior generations. And with all new standards and assessments systems that make students THINK, respond, THINK HARDER, and defend their perspectives in ways they have never been expected to in most traditional classrooms.
Angela Duckworth hits a home run with her video on teaching grit and how that perseverance benefits our students ten-fold.
The Leadership Scholar with International Educational and Cultural Expertise
8 年Thanks for your explanation of "Grit".
Founder & CEO at Voyager Education
8 年Grit, persistence, heart and resilience can be more of a determining factor in student performance than raw IQ horsepower and talent. These things can be measured and taught to students and yields life-long benefits.
Finland Study Tours for International Educators
8 年Grit is a concept related to a Finnish concept "sisu". Sisu is a mixture of determination, perseverance, effort and the will to continue, not to surrender, not to give up, but to continue and conquer whatever difficulty one is facing.
Superintendent at Hartland/Lakeside
8 年Please do not offend prior generations of not having stamina and resiliency because the NOW generation became soft and self-centered. To think and work differently as students in ways we never asked of them before, yes. To persevere in tasks and challenges, like many did in prior generations, yes!