Teaching "character" and "grit" (school, students, difference) - Education -universities, high schools, elementary schools, teachers... - City-Data Forum

Voebe · 02-23-2015, 03:14 PM

Interesting idea.

"What if the Secret to Success Is Failure?"
By Paul Tough
New York Times

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/09/18/ma...anted=all&_r=0

nana053 · 02-23-2015, 04:07 PM

My granddaughters school (in fact all the schools in our district) already use the GRIT program. I love it. It has made a real difference in her persistence which she needed.

Clevelander17 · 02-23-2015, 06:12 PM

Yeah, I think it's a little overrated, and Paul Tough has a habit of being a little too quick to jump on the KIPP/HCZ bandwagons in search of solutions that don't really work for all students.

Paul Tough

Paul Tough Is Way Off-Base. And Stop Saying “Grit”.

nana053 · 02-24-2015, 10:55 AM

Well, the program my granddaughter's school is using is not that particular program as far as I know.

It's this:
http://www.pearlandisd.org/files/564...esentation.pdf

It came to their attention through a TED talk by Angela Duckworth.

It is a fact that you do need to fail and get back up in order to learn. Think about how kids learn to walk, to ride a bike, etc. They fall down and get back up.