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Why True Success Demands Discomfort

A Principal's Reflections

This isn't just a fleeting worry; it can be a significant psychological barrier. First identified by Clance and Imes (1978), this psychological pattern involves a persistent internalized fear of being exposed as a "fraud," despite external evidence of competence and achievement. Journal of Applied Sport Psychology, 14(2), 76-90.

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What Is Learned Helplessness?

TeachThought

Definition Learned helplessness is a psychological condition in which a person, after repeated failures or negative experiences, believes they have no control over situations’ outcomes and stops trying to improve or change them. by TeachThought Staff What is learned helplessness? So all future tasks become skewed by that.

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Is Your Classroom a Psychologically Safe Space?

Catlin Tucker

” As I listened to this episode, I was thinking about the concept of psychological safety through my educator lens. This is where the concept of psychological safety–what it is, what it looks like, and how to create it–fascinates me. What is psychological safety? What characterizes a psychologically safe space?

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The Power of Routines: Building a Strong Foundation for Success

A Principal's Reflections

A study published in the Journal of Experimental Psychology found that individuals who followed a structured daily routine experienced lower cortisol levels, a stress hormone (Schmitz et al., Implementation intentions and goal achievement: A meta-analysis of psychological research. Review of General Psychology, 10(4), 312-333.

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Psychology Transition Work | 2

ShortCutsTV

The belated follow-up to the best-selling Psychology Transition Materials arrives better late than never just-in-time to provide students with lots of lovely Summer Work to stop them wasting their time relaxing, watching That Was Rude TikTok movies or curating their Doesnt Know It Yet Instagram feeds (as Im reliably informed the Kids do nowadays when (..)

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Retrieval in Action: Creative Strategies from Real Teachers

Cult of Pedagogy

Dr. Pooja Agarwal Dr. Michelle Rivers Dr. Janell Blunt Whiteboard Activities Dr. Janell Blunt , an associate professor of psychology at Anderson University in Indiana, uses personal mini-whiteboards with her college students in every class. The strategies are summarized below. When you walk into the class and say, how are you today?

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Children as Artists: A New Perspective on Upper Paleolithic Cave Art

Anthropology.net

By integrating insights from developmental psychology, researchers have identified playful and imaginative marks made by young artists, fundamentally rethinking prehistoric creativity. The article is titled, “Children as playful artists: Integrating developmental psychology to identify children’s art in the Upper Palaeolithic.