Power pose

Oct 2 2016

The ‘Power Pose’ Exposed

The Confident Teacher, Uncategorized / By Alex Quigley / 2 minutes of reading

Sometimes we are offered a simple solution to help us succeed in life. Amy Cuddy, Associate Professor at Harvard Business School offered us just that: the power pose. Her joint research showed that adopting a power pose for a short time could increase testosterone and improve performance at job interviews. As a result, her confidence …

The ‘Power Pose’ Exposed Read More »

Oct 3 2015

Strike A Pose

The Confident Teacher / By Alex Quigley / 4 minutes of reading

Stand tall, place your legs apart, clench your fists and place them onto your hips. There…that is your power pose. Keep it for a minute or two. Does you feel more confident? Is your body coursing with testosterone-induced power? Professor Amy Cuddy devised a hugely popular TED talk to celebrate her research into the tremendous force …

Strike A Pose Read More »

Eva Elisabet Haglund on Crafting Great Sentences13/05/2023
Thanks a lot for your valuable blog. I do appreciate reading and learning frrom " Crafting Great Sentences". I like…
Kate on Why might ChatGPT damage learning?12/05/2023
Alex, for me, your post and perspective gets to the heart of what subject learning SHOULD be all about: encouraging…
Alex Quigley on Why might ChatGPT damage learning?12/05/2023
I actually think we should teach students how to use these tools, but sometimes we should make the decision to…
Ben on Why might ChatGPT damage learning?11/05/2023
Maybe we need to instead worry about teaching students HOW to use the tools and evaluate what they produce, rather…
Dana Cole on Why might ChatGPT damage learning?11/05/2023
"If we are not careful" is the problem, not ChatGPT or anything else. You could easily say the same thing…