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Why you need the growth mindset of a weed

Stephen Nobles · TED

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About

Educator Stephen Nobles believes curiosity is the key to unlocking a student's potential. In conversation with TED's Whitney Pennington Rodgers, he encourages teachers to see every student through a lens of possibility — and asks what each of us might be missing when we let our assumptions go unchallenged.

The talk

  1. Why you need the growth mindset of a weed 16 min · TED's player

Credits and licence

Institution
TED
Department
TEDNext 2025
Speaker
Stephen Nobles
Year
2025
Level
For everyone
Language
English
Subjects
Society and politics, Teaching and learning
Source
TED
Licence
CC BY-NC-ND 4.0, as TED states it. Non-commercial use only, and no changed versions. TED's terms
Attribution
TED Talks are licensed by TED under Creative Commons BY-NC-ND 4.0 International and are shown here in TED's own player, as TED's usage policy asks.
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