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@PepsMccrea

AI learning scientist

snacks.pepsmccrea.com Joined August 2010

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Peps @PepsMccrea 17h

🚨 Some personal news:

I’ve joined @Alphaschool to help lead their Learning Science team.

A thread on why, the team, open roles, and your questions...

Peps @PepsMccrea 6d

Left to ourselves, we avoid effort. But with some push, we can learn to want it:

On acquiring A Taste For Effort in life & school:

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Peps @PepsMccrea Oct 23

Effort stripping

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Peps Verified account @PepsMccrea Oct 22

When we make life a little harder for kids now, we make it easier for them in the future.

Now, none of this means we should stop protecting kids. We just need to be careful not to OVER-protect them. Because in the end, it really doesn't help.

Co-written with smart gal @jen_barker_
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Peps @PepsMccrea Oct 22

Our instinct to protect kids evolved for genuine dangers. Now it goes off at a scraped knee.

We need to talk about over-protecting our kids:

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Peps @PepsMccrea Oct 15

We increasingly WATCH more than we DO.

And it's not good. Let's talk Vicarious Reward:

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