What books would you suggest for young people to study (to prepare for the Global Economy)?

This list is found at http://preview.tinyurl.com/QBEBooks

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 the QUOTES

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 “21^st 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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(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

Visit Dr. Amen's website   AmenClinics.com

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.” 

AmenClinics.com

“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!” 

QUOTES

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Dan Pink

(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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Quotes

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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

http://www.danpink.com/2013/05/how-to-pitch-better-the-question-pitch/

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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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(10) Hot Flat and Crowded Key idea: Energy use and climate change offer opportunities in Environmental Technologies (ET). http://www.etmsolar.com/gsuu/gs/friedman/synopsis.pdf

Goodreads

Quotes

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(11) Carol Dweck, Mindset

Key idea: Fixed vs. Growth Mindsets and how we can alter our perspectives.http://mindsetonline.com/whatisit/about/

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.

Www.TransformTeaching.org

www.VisualAndActive.com www.thelearningweb.net the Learning Revolution, described by Gordon Dryden

www.WhatDoYaKnow.com managed by Dennis Yuzenas

www.BigPicture.org and www.MetCenter.org, managed by Dennis Littky and Elliot Washor

https://sites.google.com/site/networkofeducators offers translations of key concepts.

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.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9aGuLuipTwg

http://theindependenteducator.blogspot.com/2013/05/what-books-could-stimulate-lets-put.html This list of books is expanded from the list that appears at this blog.

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.

QBE Academy -- an ebook for parents (free, click on the "download" link below)

Here are the chapters of Will Sutherland's ebook about his QBE Academy

Contents

Introduction

Part 1: Skills for a Larger World

Tony Wagner's List of Seven Survival Skills

Initiative: The Overlooked Skill

Part 2: QBE Academy

The QBE Story

(What is “Qualified by Experience”)

“Bring the methods and principles of one-on-one education to the confined space of a boat.”

Principles for QBE Academy

Delay rewards

Create planned temporary hardships

Become comfortable with being uncomfortable

What to Expect (a typical three-week program)

Part 3: Inside QBE

Meet the Founder

Thoughts of the Day

by Will Sutherland

(stories that demonstrate Initiative)

The Sweets Seller

The 14-Year-Old Captain

Heading to San Remo

Part 4: The Larger Vision

QBE as a Training Space for Teachers

Appendix

(1) Who was John Corlette?

(2) What Did John Corlette Offer?

By Wes Green

(3) Building Character and Body: Comment by Noel Thompson

(4) A Program For Any School (or Home)

An Introduction to The John Corlette Society

The Power of Posters

Free Agents, Sales, Motivation and a Whole New Mind:

A Short Course with Dan Pink

A Short List of Books and Videos (compiled by the advisors of QBE School)

DOWNLOAD the ebook here....


Here is a statement by Will Sutherland about QBE

QBE Origins and Principles

A short resume of the QBE Foundation.

Where did QBE come from?

“I am qualified by experience...” was often quoted in the armed services back in the 1970s. The phrase stuck with me because I have never really appreciated the benefit of other people’s inexperience and advice based on theory or lack of facts. Later when I needed to set up my own business I seemed to be dealing with a lot of colleagues who operated on a minimum of facts and experience. I was determined not to be like them. I built a network of people around me who had firsthand knowledge gained through experience and we offered solutions in B2B projects and problems. We called it the “Qualified By Experience Global Network.”

What is QBE?

QBE is a principle founded on the fact that we are all qualified by our experiences and achievements in life. We behave, react and respond in conversation or to relationships, contacts, tasks, challenges, successes, and failures according to our previous experience. Self-confidence, initiative, decision making, and relationships are based on these experiences and our mindset.

What is QBE Education?

We invest in the individual, showing that we care and seek success for each and every one.

This is an education system based on the QBE Principle, and is 


heavily influenced by John Corlette’s Seven Principles for 


Education, Dennis Littky’s Rigor – Relevance - Relationships and 


the values and thinking of Kurt Hann, Dennis Yuzenas, and Dan Pink.

We believe in the opposite to the one-size-fits-all philosophy of large schools and classes. Every individual has their own preferred way of learning and expressing their creative ideas. QBE Education strives to give all students the space, time and guidance, in the right environment, for them to thrive.

We provide environments which develop learning skills and enquiring minds, in both academic and practical environments.

An understanding of the QBE principle and mindset brings us to conclude that there are few if any original ideas, but there are infinite laws and ideas waiting to be discovered. For example, one hundred years ago no one would have thought we would be able to fly across the Atlantic. The laws of aerodynamics always existed, but they had not been discovered.

We encourage our students to take equal responsibility for their mistakes as for their achievements. Mistakes are seen as learning opportunities, not as a baton to beat ourselves up with or to be used to drive others down.

Discovery is the key to motivation, inspiration and creativity. So we create explorers.

We are aiming for Autonomy – Passion – Mastery and Purpose for all our students.

Discovery:

We are in an age of discovery. We are discovering that;

Our economic policies of the 20^th Century no longer work;

Our education systems are no longer fit for purpose;

How do we stop the momentum of the monster

Autonomy – Passion – Purpose.

Taking responsibility:

We have to create the “natural” learning environment:

non-physical trait known as ‘grit’ — defined as “perseverance and passion for long-term goals”

Mastery – we can always get better at it.

A view of "what's needed in schools" in the UK (and around the world)

My partner Will Sutherland (www.QualifiedByExperience.com) heads a sailing school in England that is really a character training site (for teachers as well as students).

Here are some of his comments about school reform in England....

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We all agree that every child is different and their needs are different, so why do we think they are all going to fit into the same educational box?

I see a very big need for children to be taught the basics (a general Liberal Arts) and then taught how to learn and what to learn.

They need to understand there is no such thing as a free lunch. They also need to understand they have to be of use to society in order to fit into society, and to earn a living.

They can do anything they want to do provided it is going to lead to an income stream for themselves and their families.

They need mentoring from someone who cares about them and who can help them deal with family or their personal environment problems.

Talk to today’s students and they will tell you they do not understand the logic of their education or where they are going, but they know what interests them.

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My ongoing research into the effects of Aiglon college (and the philosophies of Kurt Hahn and John Corlette www.JohnCorlette.com) on the lives of the Alumni is revealing the basic student needs and ways of meeting them.

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In summary the reformers cannot get out of their minds the traditional image the word “School” conjures up every time they use it or hear it.

What the 21^st Century students need is a new concept education media centre: A resource for the whole community and everyone in it.

Within this there needs to be a core framework which provides a balance between academic learning and life skills, discipline, appreciation, respect and tolerance for others, sports and physical exercise etc.

We only know and are influenced by what we know. Therefore the programme should encourage enquiring minds, to develop innovation and experimentation.

Expeditions and cultural excursions have become extinct due to health and safety restraints. This problem needs to be overcome in one measure or another.

Above all, a path for future development, a light at the end of the tunnel, has to be presented to students and parents which satisfies their needs and aspirations.

A lot of what Tony Blair say is not actually happening in the UK and he introduced the most teacher-controlling regulations -- he has knocked the stuffing out of our good teachers and the new system leaves them totally disenfranchised. Central control and bureaucracy takes up more than half a teacher's working time and preparation hours have increased beyond any sensible measure. The results are lower standards and a weaker society.

Will Sutherland

Director

Learn more by going to www.QualifiedbyExperience.com

ws@QBEglobal.net