未就学児がエクセレンスについて知っていること | Kendall Syska | TEDxRiverfield Country Day School

幼児教育者ケンドール・シスカが、就学前の子どもたちが学びや「卓越」について既に理解していることを考察します。オクラホマ州タルサのレッジョ・エミリア式の教室での観察と、心理学・神経科学の研究を踏まえ、好奇心、創造性、協働、回復力、失敗からの学びを取り上げます。講演は、卓越とは完璧な成果ではなく、好奇心と適応力を保ち、探究に関わり続ける姿勢だと論じています。

• 幼児教室での観察に基づく考察
• 好奇心・創造性・協働・回復力
• 失敗から学ぶことを成長の土台と捉える視点

In a world that often equates excellence with achievement, performance, and perfection, preschoolers reveal a different model. Through observations from early childhood classrooms alongside research in psychology and neuroscience, this talk explores how curiosity, creativity, collaboration, resilience, and learning through mistakes form the foundation of meaningful growth. By examining what young children already understand about learning, audiences are invited to reconsider excellence not as flawless performance, but as the courage to remain curious, adaptable, and engaged in the process of discovery. Kendall Syska is an Early Childhood Educator at Riverfield Country Day School in Tulsa, Oklahoma, working in a Reggio-inspired environment that values curiosity, collaboration, and exploration. She grew up in Houston, Texas, and later moved to Stillwater to attend Oklahoma State University, where she earned her B.A. in Psychology while working in children’s programs supporting international student families in toddler and after-school settings. These experiences shaped Kendall’s interest in how young children learn through relationships, play, and experimentation. Her work now explores what these early learning experiences reveal about human development and how they challenge the way we think about excellence, growth, and education. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at https://www.ted.com/tedx