Powerful learning through process: Lisa Sullivan at TEDxSevenMileBeach

Characters develop on and off the page. Lisa shares how we can help children use the power of thinking about characters in books and the actions they take to gain new experiences. Through story, children can develop the ability to think critically and use this thinking to change the world as Lisa shows in this TEDxSevenMileBeach talk.

Lisa Sullivan is a reading specialist whose work over three decades recognizes the importance of developing critical thinking and problem solving skills in the current generation of children. She is on a mission to help people understand that in this technology-heavy society there is still a place for the love of reading.

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