Lessons with Dad

By Ruthie Egger and Dad, Jim Egger

Join Ruthie and her dad on a journey of learning. We learn life lessons and important skills not taught in school. This is everything I want my children to know before they go off to college and into ... more

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The podcast currently has 85 episodes available.

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September 15, 2022 Mindset - Part 4, Mindset in Business and Relationships
The conclusion of the book Mindset by Dr. Carol Dweck. We cover creating a Growth Mindset Culture and then move into mindset in Sports, Business and Relationships.
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36min
September 09, 2022 Mindset - Part 3, The Power of Our Words!
How do the words we use impact our children? Can telling our kids that they are "SMART" actually hurt their performance?
Listen to what Dr. Carol Dweck has to say about the power of our words and the Dangers of Praise.
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28min
September 02, 2022 Mindset - Part 2, Implications of a Fixed Mindset
We continue our discussion of Carol Dweck's book - Mindset.
If you have to work hard to learn something, does this mean you are not talented? What do we think about the Icons in achievement - Thomas Edison, Bill Gates, Elon Musk? Are they geniuses that had tremendous success on their own with little effort? We discuss the attributes of success and the Growth Mindset.
We have seen that this applies to things like intelligence, but what about something like Art. Some people are just gifted and have the ability to draw. Let's see what the Growth mindset has to say...
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23min
August 26, 2022 Mindset - Part 1, What is a Growth Mindset?
An introduction to Carol Dweck's book: Mindset.
FIXED MINDSET: Believing that your qualities are carved in stone. You have only a certain amount of intelligence, sports ability, artistic talent, business skill, a fixed personality type or a certain moral character.
GROWTH MINDSET: Your basic qualities are things you can cultivate through your efforts, your strategies and help from others. Your current skill level is just a starting point for development.
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18min
August 21, 2022 Intelligence and How to Get It - Part 3, How to get Smarter
The conclusion to the book Intelligence and How to Get It by Richard Nisbett.
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30min
August 19, 2022 Intelligence and How to Get It - Part 2, What Makes a Good Teacher/Tutor
Intelligence and How to Get It by Richard Nisbett. Are we Smarter than our Grandparents?
We discuss what makes good schools, teachers and tutors and give some ideas on how you can increase your intelligence.
For more information on Cooperative Learning, check out Robert Slavin's book on these techniques.
TUTORS
A lot of teaching is in the form of 1-on-1 teaching from tutors. Mark Lepper did research on this and made some great discoveries:
A surefire way to be a BAD tutor:
-Consider yourself a debugger. Explicitly tell the student she has made a mistake and give direct guidance in how to fix the error. None of Lepper’s most effective tutors took such a strictly cognitive, error-correction stance.
How do you become an effective tutor? Lepper gave us the 5 Cs.
1.CONTROL
a. Foster a sense of control in the student, making the student feel that she has command of the material and the capability to learn
2.CHALLENGE
a. Challenge the student, but at a level of difficulty that is within the student’s capability
3.CONFIDENCE
a. Express confidence in the student, assuring the student that the problem she just solved was a difficult one highlighting what the student got correct and not their failures…I will jump ahead to MINDSET and say that you should reward and recognize EFFORT and not failure or success. Effort and trying new things is critical to gaining confidence.
4.CURIOSITY
a. Foster curiosity by asking leading questions and by linking the problem to toher problems the student has seen that appear on the surface to be different.
5.CONTEXTUALIZE
a.Place the problem in a real-world context or in a context from a movie or TV show
WARNING: Never dumb down the material for the sake of self esteem. Most of what expert tutors do is ask questions. They ask leading questions and then ask students to explain their reasoning. They are less likely to give positive feedback...don’t make the teaching about RIGHT AND WRONG. This is not an evaluation, but an exercise in learning and effort.
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27min
August 12, 2022 Intelligence and How to Get It - Part 1, Does School Make You Smarter?
Intelligence and How to Get It by Richard Nisbett. Review IQ scores, the impact of school on intelligence and Heritability vs. Mutability.
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30min
August 05, 2022 Introduction - The Psychology of Excellence
Introduction to the second series in our podcast. See the Top 10 list we discussed below:
10 Things that Require Zero Talent and No Money $$$
-Being on Time
-Work Ethic
-Effort
-Body Language
-Energy
-Attitude
-Passion
-Being Coachable
-Doing Extra
-Being Prepared

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27min
July 30, 2022 Luke 24 - Know What You Believe
The exciting conclusion to the book of Luke!
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31min
July 22, 2022 Luke 23 - Know What You Believe
Jesus is tried by the Romans. He is found guilty - was crucified, died and buried. But, this is not the end of the story!
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23min

FAQs about Lessons with Dad:

How many episodes does Lessons with Dad have?

The podcast currently has 85 episodes available.