From the moment we enter school we are told that our brain is a fixed entity, capable of learning certain things, but not others, conditioned exclusively by genetics. This idea haunts us into adulthood, when we tend to accept established beliefs about our abilities (for example, that we do not have "a mathematical brain" or that we are not "a creative person"). These harmful and—as the new science has revealed—false, have affected us in our trust and limited our choices. Jo Boaler, a professor at Stanford University and a renowned educator, has spent many years studying the impact of this type of prejudice on education. In Mind Without Limits destroy these myths and explain the six keys to unlocking our immense learning potential. His research shows that the individuals who perform the most do not do so because of any predisposition, but by using the keys revealed in this book. Our br...read more
