Book: Limitless Mind – Learn, Lead, and Live without barriers

Boaler, J. (2019). Limitless mind : learn, lead, and live without barriers (First edition). HarperOne, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers. ISBN 97800062851741

Jo Boaler

Chapter 1: how neuroplasticity changes … everything

pg 13

Learning Key #1

Every time we learn, our brains form, strengthen, or connect neural pathways. We need to replace the ideas that learning ability is fixed with the recognition that we are all on a growth journey.

pg 23

When teachers and others give people the idea that they don’t have the brain to learn something, it is because they do not know or that they refuse to accept the new scientific evidence.

Pg 31

it is time to recognize that we cannot label children and have low expectations for them. This is true of regardless of any diagnosed learning difference. As we ourselves are learning in these pages, the most notable quality of our brains is their adaptability and potential for changing and growing.

Pg 47

Chapter 2: Why we should love mistakes, struggle, and even failure

Learning #2

The times when we are struggling and making mistakes are the best times for brain growth.

pg 49

For student to experience growth they need to be working on questions that challenge them questions that are at the edge of their understanding. And they need to be working on them in an environment that encourages mistakes and makes student are of the benefits of mistakes.