Monday, May 11, 2009

New Yorker has an article on psychological studies about kids and patience

"psychologists have focussed on raw intelligence as the most important variable when it comes to predicting success in life. Mischel argues that intelligence is largely at the mercy of self-control"

New Yorker has an article on psychological studies about kids and patience. How delayed gratification (teaching patience strategies) correlate with success in life for kids. This is probably pretty obvious to most of us. But, now psychological studies are showing how important Patience is (not as willpower, but practices of strategies).

Secret: out of sight, out of mind, and having focusing techniques, and being able to distance from sensory input. Reminds me of Chan meditation and other Buddhist practices. Implications for western education?

(This is a rush, breaking post. Apologies for any mistakes. Clean up with be done later.)

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1 comment:

Anonymous said...

patience, patience, gotta have patience :D