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Empowering Girls in Science through Art and Design Integration

By Dr. Cristal Glangchai
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Learn how art and design are being used as powerful tools to encourage more girls to pursue science. This innovative approach combines creativity with scientific learning, aiming to create a more inclusive and appealing environment in STEM fields.

Help Girls to Learn How Creative Steam Can Be

By Dr. Cristal Glangchai
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Discover how VentureLab encourages girls to embrace the STEM fields by showcasing the inherent creativity in science, technology, engineering, arts, and mathematics (eSTEAM). Learn about the transformative experiences and educational approaches that can guide more girls towards innovative eSTEAM careers.

A Change in Perspective Can Develop Children’s Curiosity

By Dr. Cristal Glangchai
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In this series of posts, I’ve been outlining seven strategies that I’ve uncovered—through my work, and through the insights explored by Frans Johannson in his book The Medici Effect that encourage the curious child to embark on a quest of discovery. In the last few posts, I looked at the need to reawaken a drive in children,…

Strategies to Encourage a Curious Child: Find What Drives Them

By Dr. Cristal Glangchai
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How can you encourage a curious child to move from first ponderings to a quest of discovery? From Frans Johansson’s insights into what he has called the “Medici Effect,” in which combining disciplines leads to creative discoveries, and from my own work as a scientist and as an entrepreneurship educator, I’ve have identified seven strategies…

The ‘Medici Effect’ of Entrepreneurial Thinking

By Dr. Cristal Glangchai
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A family that lived in Italy 700 years ago changed history so much that we still talk about it today. The Medici were wealthy, entrepreneurial, politically powerful, religiously connected (producing four popes) and, as if that weren’t enough, influential in helping to kick-start the Italian Renaissance. The Medici were a curiosity-driven bunch. They loved a good conversation,…

Thinking Creatively and Messily

By Dr. Cristal Glangchai
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Our pop-culture mind values creativity in music, the visual and performing arts, media, digital design, and self-expression. But our K-12 education system is heavily focused on student “outputs,” how well children perform on standardized tests, and how well they tell admissions officers what they want to hear. In today’s society, we praise creativity but penalize children…

Encouraging the Rhythm of Curiosity in Girls

By Dr. Cristal Glangchai
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Curious girls are often inclined toward science because scientific questions are fascinating and the answers potentially world-altering. Once girls get in a ryhtym for their curiosity, they can generate fascinating questions, big and small, on topics that are doctorate-worthy. Here are some intriguing questions from some of the brilliant, curiosity-driven children we’ve worked with at…

How Improv Can Improve Your Entrepreneurial Spirit

By Dr. Cristal Glangchai
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“Improv makes you an amazing listener,” says Kevin Benson, who coaches entrepreneurs. “Listening involves more than just speaking and hearing. Listening is a deeper level of awareness for the communication and messages being sent by others.” Improv performers learn to pay attention to details and nuances that can open up a scene to entirely new…

Entrepreneurial Talent and Improv

By Dr. Cristal Glangchai
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If you’ve ever been to an improv theatre, you’ve seen performers who are quick on their feet, creating storylines on the spot while they collaborate with the other performers. In fact, improvisation and the entrepreneurial process have a lot in common: improvising with the materials on hand, playing off individual strengths, stretching beyond comfort zones, changing…

Developing Free-Range Curiosity

By Dr. Cristal Glangchai
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Explore the concept of ‘free-range curiosity’, where simple natural observations like feathers can inspire deep questions and lead to expansive learning. This article delves into how nurturing curiosity can connect children with nature and potentially guide them towards innovative environmental solutions.

Culitivating a Curiosity Cycle in Children

By Dr. Cristal Glangchai
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Jonathan Mugan is a robot guy, a computer scientist who devotes time to studying how children learn. By understanding the minds of children, especially preschoolers, its possible for humans to create robots that can learn in similar ways. Mugan dissects how children learn by building mental models—for example, learning that by putting red paint on…

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