During an interview conducted late in his life, the legendary Swedish Film director Ingmar Bergman was asked about the coming of age. He likened aging to hiking up the side of a mountain: the longer one walks the more winded one becomes, he noted. But, headded, the view Conrad Pritscher provides us with a breathtaking view of education as it is and can be, one focal point of which is Albert Einstein s wise views on the subject. There is abundant genius in this book, one that parents and policymakers, as well as teachers and students, must read. Then, all can see what Pritscher sees. Then,...
During an interview conducted late in his life, the legendary Swedish Film director Ingmar Bergman was asked about the coming of age. He likened aging...
Neuroscience has found that neuroplasticity of brain cells allows brains to invent themselves. Remodeling of brains can be facilitated by schools and universities. What may be done to accelerate that positive inventing so as to prepare for rapidly accelerating change? As an IBM advertisement reads: "It is time to ask smarter questions." This book helps the reader do that. What is worse than being blind to something? "Being blind to your blindness" says Eric Haseltine who has worked for both Disney and the National Security Agency. Being blind to what our brains can do is slowly changing. ...
Neuroscience has found that neuroplasticity of brain cells allows brains to invent themselves. Remodeling of brains can be facilitated by schools and ...
Neuroscience has found that neuroplasticity of brain cells allows brains to invent themselves. Remodeling of brains can be facilitated by schools and universities. What may be done to accelerate that positive inventing so as to prepare for rapidly accelerating change? As an IBM advertisement reads: "It is time to ask smarter questions." This book helps the reader do that. What is worse than being blind to something? "Being blind to your blindness" says Eric Haseltine who has worked for both Disney and the National Security Agency. Being blind to what our brains can do is slowly changing. ...
Neuroscience has found that neuroplasticity of brain cells allows brains to invent themselves. Remodeling of brains can be facilitated by schools and ...
The acceptance of reason with uncertainty can help learners successfully manage their occupations and lives during the accelerations prominent in the 21st century. As William Ayers states: "Pritscher tilts his lance at the petrified orthodoxy we call teaching and learning, inviting us on a wild journey into the heart of education." The book elaborates on David Geoffrey Smith's question: "Why does so much educational 'research' today seem so unenlightening, repetitive and incapable of moving beyond itself? The answer must be because it is 'paradigmatically stuck', and cannot see beyond the...
The acceptance of reason with uncertainty can help learners successfully manage their occupations and lives during the accelerations prominent in the ...
It is non-judgmental and their idea is that if learning is done by choice then direct harm will be mitigated because quality, willed learning is not just about the individual, but includes others - it is community focused as well as self-determined.
It is non-judgmental and their idea is that if learning is done by choice then direct harm will be mitigated because quality, willed learning is not j...
