Daniel H. Pink wrote last year's hot education book "A Whole New Mind". While it is not perfect, it lays a foundation of skills important for students to succeed. It is how they perceive their world, but not how they think in school. To move from the concrete, I created this overview of Mr. Pink's ideas.
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why we do what we do
The Six Senses
Design
Story
Symphony
Empathy
Play
Meaning
Major Ages of Development
Agricultural Age (farmers)
Industrial Age (factory workers)
Information Age (knowledge workers)
Conceptual Age (creators and empathizers)
Your Career: Questions to Ask
Can a computer do it faster?
Your Career: Questions to Ask
Can a computer do it faster?
Is what I'm offering in demand in an age of abundance?
Your Career: Questions to Ask
Can a computer do it faster?
Is what I'm offering in demand in an age of abundance?
Can someone overseas do it cheaper?
The Six Senses
Design
Story
Symphony
Empathy
Play
Meaning
Designmoving beyond function to engage the sense
Storynarrative context. best of the six senses
Symphonybig picture thinking (not just detail focus)
Empathyengaging emotion and intuition
Playhumor and light-heartedness
Meaninggive purpose to your life
how school works today
Subject Content
how school works today
Subject Content
Personal Experience
how school works today
Subject Content
Synthesis
Personal Experience
how school worked years ago
Subject Content
Subject Content
Subject Content
maybe youll use it
Your Career: Questions to Ask
Can a computer do it faster?
Is what I'm offering in demand in an age of abundance?
Can someone overseas do it cheaper?
The New Skill Set
how school works today
Subject Content
Synthesis
Personal Experience