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Is resilience even a thing?

May 03, 2017 | Category: Featured

There is but an inch of difference between the cushioned chamber and the padded cell. G. K. Chesterton Resilience - being able to bounce back from setbacks and cope with challenges - seems an...

#Grit #Angela Duckworth #resilience #Kathryn Ecclestone #Paul Tough #Tricot & Sweller #William James

Grit and growth: who's to blame for low achievement?

Jul 10, 2014 | Category: Featured

I’ve recently read a couple of interesting articles which question the efficacy of the research of Carol Dweck (Mindset) and Angela Duckworth (Grit). The complaint is that if we attribute an individua...

#Carol Dweck #Cristina Milos #Joe Bower #Growth mindset #Grit #Angela Duckworth #Gary Walsh

Some dichotomies are real: the 'and/or debate'

Dec 06, 2013 | Category: Featured

I get quite cross when I hear people who really should know better dismissing the knowledge/skills debate as a “mindless dichotomy". It’s not. The ideological opposition between proponents of these vi...

#knowledge #skills #Angela Duckworth #resilience #Stephen Tiernay

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Is resilience even a thing?

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Some dichotomies are real: the 'and/or debate'

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