What If You Are Stressed Everyday?
AdultsHumanMental HealthPsychology...Can everyday stress literally kill you? Find out!
These Names Can Kill Animals
AdultsAnimalsHistoryPsychology...Just like the names of products and companies, animals' names can affect how we feel about them...and changing the name of a species might actually help us save it.
What Being Bullied Actually Does To You
AdultsHumanPsychologySelf...Triangle Bob used to be my bully, but more recently I've been bullying him. What happens to people when they get bullied?
Why should you read "A Midsummer Night's Dream"? - Iseult Gillespie
AdultsCreativityCultureLife...By the light of the moon, a group sneaks into the woods, where they take mind-altering substances, switch it up romantically and brush up against creatures from another dimension.
The Science of Racism | Creators for Change
AdultsHumanPsychologyScienceRacism is real. Science can help us combat it.
The Disturbing Thing Ghosts Could Be
AdultsHistoryPsychologyScienceWhat’s that sound.....is it ghosts?
Why Beautiful Things Make us Happy
AdultsDesignHumanPsychology...It’s hard to define what makes something beautiful, but we seem to know beauty when we see it. Why is that and how does beauty affect our subconscious?
Liberals vs Conservatives
AdultsEducationPoliticsPsychology...Are Republicans and Democrats different because of biology?
Dan Pink: The puzzle of motivation
TeachersPsychologyTeacher CafeEducation...Career analyst Dan Pink examines the puzzle of motivation, starting with a fact that social scientists know but most managers don't: Traditional rewards aren't always as effective as we think. Listen for illuminating stories -- and maybe, a way forward.
Every Kid Needs A Champion
TeachersPsychologyRelationshipsTeacher Cafe...Great Ted Talk for any teacher. Rita Pierson, a teacher for 40 years, once heard a colleague say, "They don't pay me to like the kids." Her response: "Kids don't learn from people they don't like. A rousing call to educators to believe in their students and actually connect with them on a real, human, personal level.
Bullying Prevention
TeachersPsychologyRelationshipsTeacher CafeIdeas in a recently published study, focusing on giving students a chance to speak about school connection, peer mistreatment and student and adult actions.
Culture of cruelty: why bullying thrives in higher education
TeachersCulturePsychologyTeacher Cafe...In an environment where discussion, debate and criticism are encouraged, undermining behaviour can flourish. Read the full article posted by Sam Farley and Christine Sprigg at the following link.
Why Questions Are More Important Than Answers
TeachersTeacher CafeEducationPsychologyThe article by Terri Heick posted on te@chthought, addresses why questions in the classroom are so important. Typically, the focus has been on answers and correct answers at that. A spotlight on questions highlights their benefits.
Strategies for Helping Students Motivate Themselves
TeachersTeacher CafeEducationPsychologyA look at how practical classroom strategies are used to reinforce four key qualities of students motivation. The four qualities that are discussed in the article are autonomy, competence, relatedness and relevance.
Fresh Starts for Hard-to-Like Students
TeachersMental HealthTeacher CafeEducation...Even though your toughest students are just kids at the mercy of emotions they don't understand or can't control, it can be hard for a teacher to stay calm and not take these ongoing behavioural problems personally. Dr. Allen Mendler's advice: its' time to hit the reset button!
The Scientific Benefits of Boredom
AdultsCreativitySciencePsychology...Boredom makes you more creative, altruistic, introspective, and helps with autobiographical planning.
Do Video Games Make You Violent?
AdultsPsychologySocietyGamingClick the link to get started with a therapist: http://betterhelp.com/ASAP
The Only Animal That Weeps
AdultsPsychologyScienceSocietyWhy do we cry? It's weird. Humans leak water out of their faces when they get sad. Are we the only animals that do this?
Are there universal expressions of emotion?
AdultsPsychologySocietyThe 40 or so muscles in the human face can be activated in different combinations to create thousands of expressions.