Becoming Brilliant Author Speaks at LJCDS

By Communications
More than 100 people filled Community Hall on Wednesday, October 26 to hear Kathy Hirsh-Pasek, Ph.D., speak about her latest book, Becoming Brilliant: What Science Tells Us About Raising Successful Children. As a distinguished developmental psychologist she and her co-author, Roberta Golinkoff, Ph.D., have offered a new framework based on the science of learning and development to help parents think about cultivating the skills children need to succeed.

“Human minds and human brains best master content when it is delivered in active, engaged, meaningful and socially interactive ways,” says Dr. Hirsh-Pasek. Dr. Hirsh-Pasek discussed that the traditional method of learning, which is focused on reading, writing, math, memorizing facts and reciting them may not be sufficient in preparing our students for today and the future. Information is doubling every two and a half years; we now read the equivalent of 174 newspapers a day if we include our scans of Facebook, email and other social media outlets. In this fast-paced, rapidly changing world, the mastery of facts, while important, will simply not be enough. Students graduating from high school will need to be information integrators and pattern makers who trade in social and creative currency.
 
Parents become agents of change for children's success when they nurture six critical skills. Constructed from the latest scientific evidence and presented in an accessible way rich with examples, Becoming Brilliant introduces the 6Cs — collaboration, communication, content, critical thinking, creative innovation and confidence — along with tips to optimize children's development in each area. Dr. Hirsh-Pasek takes it a step further by focusing on the way these skills relate to each other, and what they look like at four levels of development. She believes adults and children of all ages are able to learn and adopt the 6Cs principles.
 
Dr. Hirsh-Pasek is the Stanley and Debra Lefkowitz Distinguished Faculty Fellow in the Department of Psychology at Temple University and a Senior Fellow at the Brookings Institution, as well as a contributor at The Huffington Post. Her research examines the development of early language and literacy, as well as the role of play in learning.

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