46: Helping Children Succeed in School and in Life
The Psychology Podcast
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4.4 • 2K Ratings
🗓️ 2 June 2016
⏱️ 37 minutes
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Summary
We are happy to welcome journalist and author Paul Tough on the show to discuss how we can help children from adverse backgrounds flourish. Paul began his deep dive into this topic 13 years ago for a New York Times piece, and he has been fascinated with the neuroscientific, psychological, political and sociological research ever since. This episode is a look at practical recommendations for how children can transcend difficult circumstances and cultivate well-being. We cover some of the challenges facing impoverished children and the effects of these environments on how children develop. We discuss constructs like grit, conscientiousness, character strengths, and "non-cognitive capacities". We ask important philosophical questions like “are the skills associated with doing well in school really the same as doing well in life?” We look at how pursuing well-being can actually fuel academic success, the importance of creativity and autonomy in school, and much more!
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| 0:00.0 | Hello and welcome to the psychology podcast with Dr. Scott Barry Kaufman where we give |
| 0:04.6 | you insights into the mind, brain, behavior, and creativity. Each episode will feature |
| 0:09.3 | a new guest who will stimulate your mind and give you a greater understanding of yourself, others, and the world we live in. |
| 0:14.8 | Hopefully we'll also provide a glimpse into human possibility. Thanks for listening and enjoy the |
| 0:19.7 | podcast. cast. Today we have Paul Tough on the show. Paul is the author most recently of helping children succeed, what works, and why. |
| 0:46.2 | His previous book, How Children Succeed, Great Curiosity and The Hidden Power Character, |
| 0:50.7 | and spent more than a year on the New York Times hardcover and paperback bestseller |
| 0:54.3 | lists. |
| 0:55.3 | His first book, Whatever It Takes, Jeffrey Kannan Quest to Change Harlem in America, was published |
| 1:00.1 | in 2008. |
| 1:01.1 | He is a contributing writer to the New York Times magazine where he has |
| 1:04.0 | written extensively about education, parenting, poverty, and politics. His writing has |
| 1:08.4 | also appeared to the New Yorker, the Atlantic, and GQ and in the op-ed page of the New York Times. |
| 1:14.0 | Thanks Paul for chatting with me today. |
| 1:16.0 | Thanks for having me. |
| 1:17.0 | Yeah, it's exciting to chat with you. |
| 1:19.0 | These issues are being heavily discussed in all throughout education right now. |
| 1:23.1 | So you're kind of on the forefront of some really hotly debated and important issues. |
| 1:28.0 | Cool. |
| 1:29.0 | Yeah, I think so too. |
| 1:30.0 | I think we're all trying to figure out and the answers aren't easy. |
| 1:32.3 | They're not easy or obvious absolutely so a common |
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