Failure is often framed as a great teacher—the successful sometimes crow about the number of times they failed before hitting it big. But failure may not always teach us as much as it could, often ...

Includes updates and/or revisions. Children are quick to ask “why?” and “how?” when it comes to new things, but research suggests elementary and preschool students learn more when teachers turn the ...

A lot has changed in the principalship since the principal was the head teacher in a school. Current principals are building administrators and that is likely to continue. But, to lead learning, the ...

Leaders are in the business of change, so understanding how people change and grow is an essential skill. To do this, leaders need to learn how to learn, since the way people learn is the way they ...

When you play word-association games with yourself or other people, you can easily see the mental models we grew up with. These mental models, or frames, shape our thinking. We don't even realize they ...

Sooner or later, everyone fails at something. But does everyone learn from their failures? In fact, the evidence suggests that most people struggle to grow from mistakes and defeats. When researchers ...

Researchers have identified a brain circuit required to learn by watching others. This circuit, which is distinct from the brain network used to learn from firsthand experiences, relies on input from ...