Sunday, October 2, 2011

Power children

From the book Powerful Children by Ann Lewin-Benham



Human learning is best when it is....given over to constructing meanings rather than receiving them.
- Jerome Bruner (1996, p.84)

they learned
how to state their opinions, explain their choices, and be receptive to better choices; how to be confrontational without being destructive; how to disagree without triggering rancor; how to accept criticism without being defensive; how to acknowledge mistakes without making excuses or blaming. It was a huge breakthrough when they .. [realized] that criticism can strengthen one's own performance.. [and yielded] individual control to group process.
- Lewin-Benham, 2006, p.100)