You don't need to be a rocket scientist or a brain surgeon to see why Bluesky is the place to be.

But welcome scientists, thank you for joining us! 👋

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@mariapopova.bsky.social Ah, found you! It's feeling more complete here.

Hi @themarginalian.org.web.brid.gy! SO happy to find you here. Please start posting. And bring your friend Brainpickings:-). We all increasingly want to find inspiration here.

Nothing’s Going to Change My Mind: How Unconditional Positive Regard Transforms Classrooms What if students didn't have to do anything to earn our care?

My recent podcast conversation with Cult of Pedagogy on unconditional positive regard. 2024 will mark 10 years since I started speaking to educators about this philosophy, kind of wild!

www.cultofpedagogy.com/unconditiona...

Check it out — the cover of our new issue on the state of the arts in Toronto!

It has been dropped into the mail & is also available at the Spacing Store at 401 Richmond St. W. #Toronto #TOpoli #ONpoli #arts

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Keep saying hello to our #EduSky members! Follow and comment on their posts.

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Place-making, youth-friendly cities, Jane Jacob's legacy #3CitySubjects

Agreed. I have the same excitement I had years ago learning from my Twitter (I still name it) community. So much sharing that shaped me and my #school for the better. Keen to see the teaching community #reconnect. #edusky #make_ed_better

The OECD Learning Compass 2030 puts #agency and #well-being in harmony with #learning. For good reason. Who's finding new ways to get the #balance right? Please share! www.oecd.org/en/data/tool... #edusky @edusky.bsky.social

@covingtonedu.bsky.social Nick, I'm so grateful to connect with you and learn about the Human Restoration Project. I think you'll enjoy the white paper and how we're allowing neuroscience make for richer, more relevant, and healthier learning. www.kcs.on.ca/academics/se...

This post is for all who want us to get #school right. We recently launched a new #secondary division after years of research and problem-solving. Here's where we landed (the white paper 'Expanding What's Possible' shares the detailed what and why): www.kcs.on.ca/academics/se...

Accumulating evidence from developmental social-affective neuroscience and educational research reveals striking affordances for adolescents’ academic, psychosocial and neural development of transcendent thinking—the disposition to integrate concrete, context-specific thinking and emotions into deliberations on the abstract, systems-level, ethical and personal implications of information, ideas, and skills. Here, we highlight the coordinated psychological and neural processes by which adolescents leverage transcendent thinking for civic reasoning. From qualitative field data, we argue that civic reasoning in the context of academic learning supports the coordination of conceptual understanding with intellectual agency, identity and communal orientation, leading youth toward process-oriented, rather than outcome-oriented, approaches to learning. From longitudinal interview and neuroimaging data, we argue that civic reasoning drives developmental coordination among brain networks involved in agency, self-awareness, and consciousness; internal reflection, abstraction and narrative; emotional feelings; memory; executive functioning and attention. These brain changes longitudinally predict resilience, identity development, and wellbeing (Gotlieb et al., 2024b). This transdisciplinary research underscores the power of civic reasoning for adolescents’ healthy development into young adulthood, and the benefits of schooling designed to center civic reasoning and personal reflection. In today’s globalized society, civic reasoning may be among the most important core social-emotional dispositions for youth and community thriving.

Civic reasoning depends on transcendent thinking: Implications of adolescent brain development for SEL -

"This transdisciplinary research underscores the power of civic reasoning for adolescents’ healthy development into young adulthood..."

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Thank you, Merlin. Done. Godspeed.

I'm so sorry at the trauma you and your community have faced. Regarding your activism, are there ways we can help? Organizations to promote, messages to share? Your courage and commitment to speaking out and pushing back is inspiring.

Please share your story in education. I'd love to hear what you face and how.

Love that you make clear background knowledge matters. Too many argue it doesn't. Also love the uncommon shout-out for mapping. Success and understanding are in the details.

Thank you for stating that so clearly! Progressive ed isn't just an option among others. It's the 'serious about student learning' option.