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Credits for image original: Daniel Oliva Barbero.

Grant Sandersom runs the very successful YouTube channel 3Blue1Brown. In this talk he argues for starting with the concrete and discussing examples, before introducing general­isations, as a good basic approach when teaching technical material.

Concrete before Abstract

Angela Lee Duckworth has a great TED talk about passion, perseverance, grit, and the growth mindset.

The power of grit

Sal Khan, the mastermind behind the Kahn Academy, talks about mindsets and learning for mastery. I may not fully agree with all points in this talk, but it can still be food for thought.

Teaching for mastery