Education

From one of the world's leading thinkers and speakers on creativity and selffulfillment, a breakthrough book about talent, passion, and achievement The element is the point at which natural talent meets personal passion. When people arrive at the element, they feel most themselves and most inspired and achieve at their highest levels. "The Element...

What if you could miraculously wake up tomorrow and any?or every area of your life was transformed What would be different Would you be happier Healthier More successful In better shape Would you have more energy Less Stress More Money Better relationships Which of your problems would be solvedWhat if I told you that there is a "notsoo...

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Ken Robinson writes brilliantly about the different ways in which creativity is undervalued and ignored in Western culture and especially in our educational systems.' JOHN CLEESE 'Out of Our Minds explains why being creative in today's world is a vital necessity. This is a book not to be missed. Read and rejoice.' KEN BLANCHARD'If ever there was a...

The twenty-first century is a world in constant change. In A New Culture of Learning, Doug Thomas and John Seely Brown pursue an understanding of how the forces of change, and emerging waves of interest associated with these forces, inspire and invite us to imagine a future of learning that is as powerful as it is optimistic. Typically, when we thi...

We live in a time of relentless change. The only thing thats certain is that new challenges and opportunities will emerge that are virtually unimaginable today. How can we know which skills will be required to succeedIn Five Minds for the Future, bestselling author Howard Gardner shows how we will each need to master "five minds" that the fastpa...

"What year are you preparing your students for 1973 1995 Can you honestly say that your school's curriculum and the program you use are preparing your students for 2015 or 2020 Are you even preparing them for today"With those provocative questions, author and educator Heidi Hayes Jacobs launches a powerful case for overhauling, updating, and i...

The price of college tuition has increased more than any other major good or service for the last twenty years. Nine out of ten American high school seniors aspire to go to college, yet the United States has fallen from world leader to only the tenth most educated nation. Almost half of college students don't graduate; those who do have unprecedent...

America's university president extraordinaire adds a new chapter and preface to "The Uses of the University," probably the most important book on the modern university ever written. This summa on higher education brings the research university into the new century. The multiversity that Clark Kerr so presciently discovered now finds itself in an ag...

Are you ready for a change You know potential exists for innovative, engaging, revolutionary education if you get the right ideas, right tools, and right people, all in the right order. If that sounds like you, then you're ready to DITCH old mindsets and methods and replace them with empowering, liberating ones. Author and teacher, Matt Miller sho...

A revolutionary reappraisal of how to educate our children and young people by the New York Times bestselling author of The Element and Finding Your Element Ken Robinson is one of the world?s most influential voices in education, and his 2006 TED Talk on the subject is the most viewed in the organization?s history. Now, the internationally recogn...

This book from the authors of Understanding by Design explores how to design and frame essential questions that prompt students to think deeply and create a more stimulating environment for learning....

The most complete account of the theory and application of Multiple Intelligences available anywhere. Howard Gardner's brilliant conception of individual competence, known as Multiple Intelligences theory, has changed the face of education. Tens of thousands of educators, parents, and researchers have explored the practical implications and applica...