November 25

The SAN Script Tuesday, November 25

Therefore, since we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses, let us also lay aside every weight and the sin that clings so closely, and let us run with perseverance the race that is set before us.

– Hebrews 12:1

Seen here is a beautiful black swan in Bulgaria’s Bacha Reservoir. The black swan (Cygnus atratus) is a large waterbird, a species of swan, which breeds mainly in the southeast and southwest regions of Australia. The black swan was a literary or artistic image, even before the discovery of Cygnus atratus. Cultural reference has been based on symbolic contrast and as a distinctive motif. You can read more about black swan emblems and popular culture here. Philosophically, the black swan theory is a metaphor that describes an event that comes as a surprise, has a major effect, and is often inappropriately rationalized after the fact with the benefit of hindsight. The theory was developed by Nassim Nicholas Taleb.

Seen here is a beautiful black swan in Bulgaria’s Bacha Reservoir. The black swan (Cygnus atratus) is a large waterbird, a species of swan, which breeds mainly in the southeast and southwest regions of Australia. The black swan was a literary or artistic image, even before the discovery of Cygnus atratus. Cultural reference has been based on symbolic contrast and as a distinctive motif. You can read more about black swan emblems and popular culture here.
Philosophically, the black swan theory is a metaphor that describes an event that comes as a surprise, has a major effect, and is often inappropriately rationalized after the fact with the benefit of hindsight. The theory was developed by Nassim Nicholas Taleb.

St. Anthony Today

Big Kid Entertainment today – Diversity and Acceptance

chess club cancelled today

Performance 12:45 – 1:15
Classroom visits: A) 1:45 – 2:05 Grade 1, 1/2, 2/3
B) 2:10 grade 4/5, 5/6 Language class
C) 2:30 grade KP 1 KP 2

Is Growth Mindset a Sliding Spectrum?

Posted on November 22, 2014

Last week, I spent a couple of hours watching the above playlist from Jo Boaler’s fantastic online course “How to Learn Math”. In it, she speaks much about the foundational importance of Growth Mindset for becoming a mathematician. It’s the latest of many other articles, videos, and books I’ve been sampling due to their importance in my current work as a curriculum consultant in my board.I’m a big fan of Jo Boaler’s ideas. I love the way she blends research and theory about learning dispositions with practical tools and strategies for implementing them. I also find her delivery exudes authenticity and wisdom, which is important to me. I was astonished that I was able to maintain engagement to watch all the videos considering most of them consisted of one person speaking directly into a camera.There’s something I want to go deeper with, however, especially after thinking about Alex Quigley‘sprovocative critique of the framework. Even though it’s a fantastic start to juxtapose fixed and growth mindsetsin order to stress the dangers of the former and the power of the latter, I’m wondering if growth mindset is less like this:CC licensed photo shared by Flickr user Corey Seeman CC licensed photo shared by Flickr user Corey Seeman And more like this: CC licensed photo shared by Flickr user Louise Docker CC licensed photo shared by Flickr user Louise Docker I’ll use myself as an example. When it comes to my work as a pedagogue and leader, I feel a strong growth mindset has driven almost all of the countless intrinsic rewards I’ve attained in my still progressing professional life. I’ve rarely met a pedagogical problem I didn’t ecstatically pursue the solution for. As a father, too, I always look at myself as a work in progress, wanting to learn more, reflect perpetually, and do it in partnership with my beloved wife. But, who knows, perhaps even I will experience my own times of stagnation or regression, where I have difficulty moving my own proverbial needle. On the other hand, there’s swimming. I have this thing about swimming. I’m really bad at it, and my family constantly berates me for my hypocrisy in refusing to take simple steps to improve. There’s also my own father. He and I don’t have the greatest relationship on earth. Our lines of communication have always been like a drive home on Toronto’s 401 on the worst snow storm of the year. I’ll admit that I need to approach our relationship with more resilience and grit. I have not researched my stuff. Carol Dweck, Jo Boaler, great people like that have. I love their stuff, but now I want to go deeper. I want to swim in the deep, murky waters of nuance when it comes to growth mindset. Maybe I need some lessons.
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Posted November 25, 2014 by mcguirp in category random posts

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