Posts Tagged ‘Peter Benson’

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What is Your Spark?

October 12, 2014

Peter Benson – TED Talk

On Friday while at the Critical Friends Day that the Maine Arts Assessment Initiative held at the State House complex I was reminded when listening to the workshops presented by the Teacher Leaders that the key to success in learning is often finding, or helping students to find, their “spark”. We know as adults that life is the sweetest when we are doing what we love, whatever that might be.

I know that I’ve mentioned on the blog the research that Peter Benson is doing on finding one’s spark at the SEARCH Institute. I just had to post this link to the TED Talk again, I find the video very inspiring and hope you do as well.

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80 Million Children

November 19, 2011

Peter Benson on TEDx – Sparks: How Youth Thrive

There are 80 million children in the United States. Peter Benson, in this TEDx, talks about what we know about human development and what we hope for our kids. He asks many questions that will most likely provoke thinking and questions about what we do in education.

He asks students these questions: what is your spark? What gives you joy and energy? What gives you hope? Benson and his research center, Search Institute, have done studies during the last 10 with middle and high school kids around the country. He and his researchers have identified 220 “sparks”. The largest category that Benson found most kids say where their sparks fall is creative life. This is where most kids say “I’m my best self”.

This TEDx is an absolute must to watch, think about, share and discuss with your colleagues….

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