Kategorie: Erziehung

  • The Power of the Mindset

    The Power of the Mindset

    I just got back from a family trip to lovely Brittany or as the French say, Bretagne – La Porte de l’Océan. We spent a week of occasional windsurfing and relaxing in walking distance of the Atlantic Ocean. For mid-August, the air and water temperature were way too cold, although I’ve been told that this is not unusual for the region. It was of course still amazing, bathing without wetsuit was not a real pleasure, though.

    Video Recap Paris and Brittany 2019

    Long road trips are perfect for listening to audio books, so I downloaded a book recommendation from Tobi Lütke and have to say that this is one of the best books I’ve ever read or listened to in my entire life. The kind of book you want to not read only once.

    If you manage people or are a parent (which is a form of managing people), drop everything and read Mindset.

    Guy Kawasaki

    Stanford University psychologist Carol Dweck, in decades of research on achievement and success, has «discovered» a truly groundbreaking idea – the power of our mindset. 

    In her book Mindset: Changing the Way You Think to Fulfil Your Potential she explains why it’s not just our abilities and talent that bring us success but whether we approach them with a fixed or growth mindset. She makes clear why praising intelligence and ability doesn’t foster self-esteem and lead to accomplishment but may actually jeopardise success.

    With the right mindset, we can motivate our kids and help them to raise their grades be their most authentic selves as well as reach our own goals – personal and professional. She reveals what all great parents, teachers, CEOs and athletes already know: how a simple idea about the brain can create a love of learning and a resilience that is the basis of great accomplishment in every area.

    Will prove to be one of the most influential books ever about motivation.

    Po Bronson

    If you think you know what growth mindset is and haven’t read this book, you will not regret doing it. We all are sometimes in the fixed mindset and this book will help us understand how to be more conscious about it and apply a growth mindset to any situation in life.

  • Atypical

    Atypical

    I recently finished watching the first 2 seasons of this amazing story about a family with a neuro-atypical or autistic kid and have to admit that I absolutely love it.

    I hadn‘t read any reviews before watching it, but this show definitely calls for at least 2 Oscars: one for Robia Rashid who came up with the story and one for Keir Gilchrist for playing Sam Gardner.


    Robia was asked by Maria Elena Fernandez what her inspiration for the story was. Here’s part of her reply:

    After working in network TV for a while, I just wanted to do something for myself. I was very aware that more people were being diagnosed with autism, and it was interesting to me that a whole generation of kids were growing up knowing that they were on the spectrum and wanting independence. That point of view seemed so interesting to me — and such a cool way to tell a dating story. You’ve seen the story of somebody looking for independence and looking for love before, but not from that specific point of view. I really was drawn to that. I was a little annoyed because it sounded really hard! I had to do a lot of research…

    I also love Nik Donani’s role as Sam’s best friend, Zahid, he is absolutely hilarious and wise beyond his years. Sam’s little sister and his parents are also doing a great job. Michael Rapaport was on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert just last week.

    If you want to learn something about autism in an entertaining way, this is a good start.

  • 8 digitale Fähigkeiten, die unsere Kinder beherrschen sollten

    8 digitale Fähigkeiten, die unsere Kinder beherrschen sollten

    Neulich beim Elternabend an der Waldorfschule stellte die Informatiklehrerin ihren Lehrplan für kommende Schuljahre vor und erwähnte, dass in der 10. Klasse das Thema Sicherheit im Internet mit Smartphones auf dem Stundenplan stünde. Einige Eltern reagierten daraufhin leicht irritiert, da das Thema gerade jetzt für Achtklässler relevant sei.

    Das Thema Medienkompetenz sollte sicherlich auch Teil des Schulunterrichts sein, aber viele Eltern überfordern hier meiner Meinung nach den Verantwortungsbereich von Schule und Lehrern.

    Doch auch wenn Eltern diese Verantwortung vor allem bei sich selbst sehen, darf man dabei nicht vergessen, dass die Art und Weise wie eine 13-Jährige und ein 43-Jähriger an Internet-Medien heran treten komplett unterschiedlich ist. Selbst wenn Eltern medienkompetent sind, wird es ihnen somit nicht leicht fallen, ihren Kindern Medienkompetenz zu vermitteln.

    Das World Economic Forum spricht in diesem Kontext von digitaler Intelligenz (Digital Intelligence oder DQ), welche in nachfolgender Grafik übersichtlich dargestellt und in verschiedene Bereiche unterteilt wird.

    Digital Intelligence

    Im dazugehörigen Artikel werden die einzelnen Bereiche erläutert und es wird auf die Webseite ProjectDQ verwiesen, welche einen interessanten Startpunkt für Eltern darstellt, die sich mit dem Thema digitale Intelligenz und Medienkompetenz noch tiefer auseinander setzen möchten.

    DQ - der digitale Intelligenzquotient

    Beitragsbild: Fünftklässler der Waldorfschule beim gemeinsamen Minecraft-Spiel, ein sog. Indie-Open-World-Spiel, das man in der Gruppe oder einzeln spielen kann.