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What is an easy way to get your head into the top 20 or 30 books or ideas for the next century?
Here's a suggestion:
Read extracts of the top 20 books.
Look for a place where people have posted extracts of those books.
The Destination: GoodReads.com and Wikipedia.org
Step1: Look up a book
Step 2:
Look for the "QUOTES" section of the listing.
Step 3: Focus on the quotes
Step 4: Read the Wikipedia summary.
The following links are what I've collected for the QBE European Leadership School in St. Malo, France. Director Will Sutherland requested a list and (in consultation with Wes Green, Noel Thompson, John Vornle, Enrique Gonzalez, Dennis Littky, Matt Blazek and other mentors) here's a start:
FIRST TIER (one size fits all)
“Transformation of education” and “21st Century skills”
What books and questions could inspire teachers to move away from lectures and toward becoming "guides on the side"?
(1) Transparency
Bennis, Goleman and O'Toole
Daniel Goleman
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Biography of Warren Bennis
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(2) Magnificant Brain at any age
Daniel Amen
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Quotes:
“Your brain is involved in everything you do.
Your brain controls everything you do, feel, and think. When you look in the
mirror, you can thank your brain for what you see. Ultimately, it is your brain that
determines whether your belly bulges over your belt buckle or your waistline is trim and
toned. Your brain plays the central role in whether your skin looks fresh and dewy or is
etched with wrinkles. Whether you wake up feeling energetic or groggy depends on your
brain. When you head to the kitchen to make breakfast, it is your brain that determines
whether you go for the leftover pizza or the low-fat yogurt and fruit. Your brain controls
whether you hit the gym or sit at the computer to check your Facebook page. If you feel
the need to light up a cigarette or drink a couple cups of java, that's also your brain's
doing.ACTION STEP Remember that your brain is involved in everything you do, every
decision you make, every bite of food you take, every cigarette you smoke, every
worrisome thought you have, every workout you skip, every alcoholic beverage you
drink, and more.”
“To feel successful, you must be able to be honest about the things that are really important to you.”
“It is your brain that decides to get you out of bed in the morning to exercise, to
give you a stronger, leaner body, or to cause you to hit the snooze button and
procrastinate your workout. It is your brain that pushes you away from the table telling
you that you have had enough, or that gives you permission to have the second bowl of
Rocky Road ice cream, making you look and feel like a blob. It is your brain that
manages the stress in your life and relaxes you so that you look vibrant, or, when left
unchecked, sends stress signals to the rest of your body and wrinkles your skin. And it is
your brain that turns away cigarettes, too much caffeine, and alcohol, helping you look
and feel healthy, or that gives you permission to smoke, to have that third cup of coffee,
or to drink that third glass of wine, thus making every system in your body look and feel
older.Your brain is the command and control center of your body. If you want a better
body, the first place to ALWAYS start is by having a better brain.”
“Your brain is the organ of your personality, character, and
intelligence and is heavily involved in making you who you are.”
“Most people throughout the world, not just in
Newport Beach, care more about their faces, their boobs, their bellies, their butts, and
their abs than they do their brains. But it is your brain that is the key to having the face,
the breasts, the belly, the butt, the abs, and the overall health you have always wanted;
and it is brain dysfunction, in large part, that ruins our bodies and causes premature
aging.”
“Dried oregano has thirty times the brain-healing antioxidant power of raw blueberries, forty-six times more than apples, and fifty-six times as much as strawberries, making it one of the most powerful brain cell protectors on the planet.”
“Caffeine restricts blood flow to the brain.”
“Caffeine dehydrates the brain and body.”
“There is rising concern about pesticides, used on plants for food, causing endocrine disruption, meaning that the residual pesticides appear to be changing hormone levels in our populations.”
“Dr. Daniel Amen’s 18, 40, 60 Rule:
“At 18 you worry about what everyone thinks of you. At 40 you don’t care.
At 60 you realise no one was thinking about you anyway!”
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(3) Free
Agent Nation
Key idea: We are all free agents. Even when we are employed, we can
have a website and a business that we are growing.
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(4) A
Whole New Mind
Key idea: To succeed in the future, projects will need to use Asia,
Automation and appeal to Abundance. Pink' quotes include “Designers
give us what we didn't know we were missing.”
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Quotes
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(5) Drive
Key Idea: Money is an incomplete incentive. Motivators include
autonomy, mastery and purpose
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Quotes
“The ultimate freedom for creative groups is the freedom to experiment with new ideas. Some skeptics insist that innovation is expensive. In the long run, innovation is cheap. Mediocrity is expensive—and autonomy can be the antidote.” TOM KELLEY General Manager, IDEO”
“The problem with making an extrinsic reward the only destination that matters is that some people will choose the quickest route there, even if it means taking the low road. Indeed, most of the scandals and misbehavior that have seemed endemic to modern life involve shortcuts.”
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(6) To
Sell is Human
Many of us spend 40 percent of our day doing “non-sales
persuading.” We ask people to alter how they use their time and
energy. Dan Pink gives tips including the “new elevator speech”
and the “question pitch.” See more at www.danpink.com.
Goodreads
Quotes
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Malcolm
Gladwell,
(7) The
Tipping Point
Key
idea: Often a trend emerges and fades because there was not enough
to “tip” the balance. Gladwell helps us detect the point where
there is a change.
Goodreads
Quotes
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(8) Blink
Key idea: We think that more information will lead to better
decisions. In fact, our decision making becomes clouded and we
instead can often find a better decision-making process if we rely on
tips from this book.
Goodreads
Quotes
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Outliers
Key idea: 10,000 hours to become an expert
Goodreads
Quotes
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Thomas Friedman,
(9) The
World is Flat
Key
idea: Do you know why the world is flat? Friedman gives ten
factors, including the 11/9 factor (most people think about the 9/11
factor and asymmetrical conflict).
Goodreads
Quotes
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Goodreads
Quotes
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(11) Carol
Dweck, Mindset
Goodreads
Quotes
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(12)
Neil
Postman and Weingartner, Teaching
as a Subversive Activity
Chapter
12 offers tips to turn any teaching situation (and we are all
teachers) into a
Goodreads
Quotes
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MORE TO COME... (THIS BLOG ENTRY IS UNDER DEVELOPMENT)
Innovative
teaching methods
www.Transform-Education.com,
a web book by Abraham S. Fischler, former president of Nova
University and a pioneer of distance education.
The
Flipped Classroom search “Katie Gimbar Why I Flipped my Class”
QBE
Academy uses the technique of “flipping” the class. A
traditional class involves a lecture by an expert followed by
discussion and homework. The Flipped Classroom asks students to (a)
study materials and view lectures before the class meeting
b)
compile some questions and participate in a pre-discussion before the
class meeting
c)
At
the class meeting, the discussion is led by one or two of the
students with the teacher as the “guide on the side.” The
discussion leads to a project (often a poster to summarize what was
raised and agreed to in the discussion).
To
learn about the flipped classroom, the student is encouraged to
search “Why I flipped my class” by Katie Gimbar on Youtube.
Note: These books are not in alphabetical order.
These books are just in the order that I've thought of them. I put the three Daniels (Amen, Pink, Goleman) on top because their work is currently "hot" at my school.
I hope you will contact me with your suggestions to add to this list: VisualAndActive@gmail.com
I have a SECOND TIER list -- I've kept the writings of Jose Marti off the Main List because most people don't see Cuba in their future. If you see yourself in Havana someday, then read some extracts from Martí's writings. How about memorizing the first line of
Cultivo una rosa blanco en julio como en enero...?
SECOND TIER (for special interests)
The Writings of Jose Marti
Writings of Tom Peters
Write to me: VisualAndActive@gmail.com or text me at +1 954 646 8246
Steve
http://preview.tinyurl.com/QBEBooks this list is found easily at this tinyurl link.
a) the people with the information are not teaching the students
b) Neil Postman was right: Teachers whould listen and students should speak so that they get to practice making presentations. (See also the words of Dennis Littky)https://drive.google.com/file/d/0BxOBI_rp54licEo3bDVrSW41S1E/edit?usp=sharing if you want the full ebook, write to me at VisualandActive@gmail.com and I’ll share it with you.
steveEnglishTeacher on skype +1 954 646 8246 mobile I look forward to hearing how I can improve the curriculum at a school in St. Malo that I advise. you can read about it athttp://www.ELSLeaders.com