As our society advances even more, students will have to cover more and more content, this article explores the role neuroscience plays in that development.
Pronita Mehrotra
Pronita Mehrotra is the Founder of MindAntix, a company that develops tools and programs to bring creativity into schools and organizations. Her work focuses on the neuroscience behind creative thinking and leverages cognitive thinking patterns in ideation and decision making. She has participated in several global conferences and conducted creativity workshops for educators and leaders.
Her work has been featured in leading publications like Harvard Business Review, Geekwire, ASCD and Education Week. MindAntix’s educational product was awarded EdTech Digest’s Cool Tool 2020 Finalist award in the 21st century skills category.
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How can we inspire students to access creativity and computer science? Here are three strategies to make compsci more approachable.
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Despite the vast potential of edTech tools, they can inadvertently create situations where student learning gets negatively impacted.
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What we need to address Unfinished Learning are more holistic approaches that build student enthusiasm, curiosity, and engagement toward learning.
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In an ever changing education landscape we must prioritize play and imagination for students, this is a guide to foster required creativity.
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Many have tried to evaluate whether any particular gender has an advantage in creative thinking, and research meta-results have been inconclusive.
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A creativity mindset developed at an early age can have a tremendous impact on a child’s success, allowing them to make meaningful contributions to society.
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How can creativity help educators foster creativity in their students? By deliberately building mindsets, learn more in this article.
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Creativity is a much-needed skill that can be improved with practice, and teaching it early to students can help them prepare better for the future.
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Pronita Mehrotra discusses research on how rudimentary creativity skills demonstrated by different animal species give us clues about our own creativity.
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How can we improve student motivation? Over a period of 5 years, from 2000 to 2005, the US slipped from 18th in the world in math to 40th.
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Since the shift to remote work, people have been concerned about the impact on creativity. This article explores the research and functionality of connection.
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Our everyday creativity is a universal ability that gives us survival advantages – it allows us to adapt to changing environments and handle new situations.
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81% of 4th graders reported having a positive attitude towards mathematics. Using creativity we can engage students’ interests and guide them toward success.
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A somewhat less known way to improve mental well-being is engaging people’s creative problem-solving skills and building a creativity mindset.