Comments on: On Great Teachers and the Remarkable Life: A Deliberate Practice Case Study

By: J.Ko » Schedule of a Top Athlete

J.Ko » Schedule of a Top Athlete — Sat, 17 Sep 2011 08:05:28 +0000

[...] You can buy it from Amazon or Book Depository. Among the concepts in the book is the topic of “deliberate practice” and 10,000 hours, both that I agree with truly. It also discovers the secrets to success in some [...]

By: Galephico

Galephico — Thu, 02 Sep 2010 14:55:55 +0000

Great article, very inspiring.
I’m working in computer science, as a software developer and my question is simple : How ? How to practise DP in this very large field ?

By: ea

ea — Tue, 10 Aug 2010 16:26:40 +0000

This may be inspirational in good teaching to good teachers:

By: Study Hacks

Study Hacks — Mon, 17 May 2010 15:36:38 +0000

But, TFA selects students who they believe to be “exceptional” on the presumption that this will make them good teachers. It is an innatist assumption, totally contradictory to the findings coming out the research on deliberate practice.

I don’t agree. My understanding of the TFA criteria is that they are selecting for people who have experience with the type of deliberate practice necessary to get good in a touch field. This is why, for example, they select for students who start with low grades than turn them around (a result of systematic, goal-centric effort), as oppose to students who maintain high grades effortless (which would fit an innate model of ability).

By: Dominic

Dominic — Sun, 16 May 2010 18:07:03 +0000

Actually, TFA is based upon the exact opposite principle underlying Ericcson’s work on deliberate practice. Ericsson has written “…no characteristic of the brain or body constrains an individual from reaching an expert level.” But, TFA selects students who they believe to be “exceptional” on the presumption that this will make them good teachers. It is an innatist assumption, totally contradictory to the findings coming out the research on deliberate practice.

A more specific critique. Are the approaches, methods and techniques effective for helping low performing (on standardized tests) students in underfunded schools perform well on these same tests the same as what these same students would need to truly excel or for different students to excel? There is a serious selection bias on the one hand, and the outcome measures (i.e. standardized tests) are known to be flawed. Data-driven is only as good as the models and concepts you are using to analyze the data.

By: Pragmatic Optimism: How Your Fears and Doubts Can Allow You to Succeed « Scott H Young

Wed, 24 Mar 2010 14:08:28 +0000

[...] Newport writes about Teach for America, which keeps extensive data, allowing it to track who are its most successful teachers. Teach for [...]

By: Andrew

Andrew — Sat, 06 Mar 2010 01:23:55 +0000

Every assignment from my professor, Arnold, feels like a case study!

By: Rich

Rich — Fri, 26 Feb 2010 10:34:07 +0000

I like this post and i like the teacher..Thanks my teacher teach me up and make me understand everything in my life.

By: Where’s The Fun? | Christine Bougie

Where’s The Fun? | Christine Bougie — Wed, 17 Feb 2010 00:06:56 +0000

[...] Newport of Study Hacks wrote a follow-up piece to his original post about deliberate practice, introducing a simplified version of deliberate [...]

By: strange aeons

strange aeons — Tue, 16 Feb 2010 18:43:41 +0000

Deliberately Improving Teaching Ability…

An article over at Study Hacks on what makes a great teacher. Reporting on the Teach for America program and an associated article in the Atlantic, there are a couple of things that I found interesting. Some of them were specific techniques such as: ge…