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Learn to love learning

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Can the 3 C's be taught? Kathryn Ryan's guest this morning was neuroscientist  Dr Jared Cooney Horvath . He says the most important skill our students should be learning is how to love learning and a similar message from Seek in order to be ready for the  jobs of the future . 30 minute listen https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/ninetonoon/audio/2018717603/learning-to-love-learning

Three quarters of 2016 ...

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... Gone. It seems hard to believe that three quarters of 2016 is behind us. As I look back over the year there are so many things I planned to do and didn't quite get to. http://i.huffpost.com/gen/1003733/images/n-STRESS-TIPS-628x314.jpg Planning for the last quarter includes completing some new learning. Here I have highlighted some of the more popular online courses that are relevant to us as maths & stats teachers in NZ. For Students As senior students head into exams its worth having them think about how they learn best. The most popular MOOC on Coursera is  Learning How to learn.   The course started this week  (September 12) registrations are still open.   https://www.coursera.org/learn/learning-how-to-learn 5 options for teachers  1. FutureLearn: Data to Insight https://www.futurelearn.com/courses/data-to-insight This course is presented by Chris Wild from The University of Auckland. It is full of really powerful ide...