Becoming Brilliant

What Science Tells Us About Raising Successful Children

Roberta Michnick Golinkoff, Kathy Hirsh-Pasek

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American Psychological Association
30 May 2016

Age groups: children; Health & Self-Help; Family & relationships; Advice on parenting

Series: APA LifeTools Series

"New York Times Bestseller!

Becoming Brilliant offers solutions that parents can implement right now. Backed by the latest scientific evidence and illustrated with examples of what’s being done right in schools today, this book introduces the 6Cs—collaboration, communication, content, critical thinking, creative innovation, and confidence—along with ways parents can nurture their children’s development in each area.

In just a few years, today's children and teens will forge careers that look nothing like those their parents and grandparents knew. Even the definition of ""career"" and ""job"" are changing as more people build their own teams to create new businesses, apps, and services. Although these changes are well underway, our system of K–12 education in the United States lags behind.

Our education system still subscribes to the idea that content is king. The exclusive focus on content is reflected in what we test and how we teach, and even the toys we offer our children at home. Employers want to hire excellent communicators, critical thinkers, and innovators — in short, they want brilliant people. But they are often disappointed. So what can we do, as parents, to help our children be brilliant and successful? Stories about the failures of our educational system abound, but most of them stop after pointing out the problems. Becoming Brilliant goes beyond complaining to offer solutions that parents can apply right now.

Authors Roberta Michnick Golinkoff and Kathy Hirsh-Pasek provide a science-based framework for how we should be educating children in and outside of school. 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, this book introduces the 6Cs — collaboration, communication, content, critical thinking, creative innovation, and confidence — along with tips to optimize children's development in each area. Taken together, these are the skills that will make up the straight-A report card for success in the 21st century."

By: Roberta Michnick Golinkoff, Kathy Hirsh-Pasek
Imprint: American Psychological Association
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 216mm, Width: 140mm, Spine: 18mm
Weight: 391g
ISBN: 9781433822391
ISBN 10: 1433822393
Series: APA LifeTools Series
Pages: 344
Publication Date: 30 May 2016
Audience: Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Roberta Michnick Golinkoff, PhD, obtained her bachelor's degree at Brooklyn College, her PhD at Cornell University, USA, and was awarded a postdoctoral fellowship at the Learning Research and Development Center of the University of Pittsburgh, USA. She is the H. Rodney Sharp Professor of Education and professor of psychology and of linguistics and cognitive science at the University of Delaware, USA. Kathryn Hirsh-Pasek, PhD, is the Stanley and Debra Lefkowitz Distinguished Faculty Fellow in the Department of Psychology at Temple University, USA and a senior fellow at the Brookings Institution. Her research examines the development of early language and literacy, as well as the role of play in learning.