Education Expert: Students Who Have True Grit Will Make a Difference
Howard Gardner’s “Good Project” is aimed at identifying individuals and institutions that “exemplify good work – work that is excellent in quality, socially responsible, and meaningful to its practitioners – and to determine how to best increase the incidence of good work in our society”. It is this sort of innovative thinking that won Howard the Brock International Prize in Education this year (2015). Gardner is already well known...
Around the World in 30 Days – December 2014
C. M. Rubin’s global education report from Canada, China, the US and the UK. In December, I continued my conversations with world leaders on the frontiers of education reform. These leaders (from Canada, China, America and the UK) all share a commitment to transforming education at the ground level, so that the poorest and most disadvantaged schools can become sites for development of innovative education and can create smart...
The Global Search for Education: Good or Bad?
“If you simply want to have the most toys at the end of life, you might get away with Bad or Compromised Grit. But if you pursue goals beyond self-aggrandizement, then you can do well both for yourself and for the world.” — Howard Gardner Gotta have Grit to succeed in a winner takes all world, right? But do you have Good Grit or Bad Grit? Howard Gardner, world-acclaimed developmental psychologist and author of...
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