Independent thinking / / Ian Gilbert

• Autore: Gilbert Ian
• Pubblicazione: Carmarthen, Wales : , : Independent Thinking Press, , [2014]; ©2014
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (241 p.)
• Disciplina: 370.78; 370/.7/8
• Soggetto topico: Creative thinking; Educational innovations; Thought and thinking
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di contenuto: Cover; Praise; Title Page; Dedication; Contents; These Are My Thoughts Get Your Own; 42 Uses for This Book; Thunks; Real-Time History; Observations; The Pigness of a Cow; Observations; A Ten-Step Parent Guide to Supporting a Child's Learning in the Early Years; What's the Point of Education?; Thunks; Advice I; Observations; On Feedback; An Alternative Good School Checklist; Observations; Indignez-vous - Et Eux; Observations; How to Write a Book; Does It Know?; Observations; You Don't Want Quits; Observations; It Will Only Take One Word to End Cake Sales for Good; Trust Your Gut ; Don't Let Them Tell YouThunks; Independent Thinking as a Refusal; Observations; Observations; On Starting a Revolution; Thunks; Learning Makes Your Brain Fat; Drawing Class; Observations; Of Ducks and Lighthouses; Observations; Do You Have a Philosophy of Education?; Observations; Slow Children; Observations; If You're Ever Thinking About Moving Abroad; On Leadership I; Seek and Ye Shall Find (and Look Cleverer Than You Really Are); Thunks; How to Make a Difference; Observations; Should We Be Teaching Children To Be Principled But Unreasonable?; On Control; Observations; And What Do You Do? ; ObservationsLearning is Overrated; On Grief; The Serendipitous Benefits of Bad Taxi Drivers; How to Know Whether You're a Humanist or a Scientist; Observations; It's Not Succeeding That's Hard, It's Keeping Going; Circumspice; Thunks; On Finding Things; How to Get a Job; Short Story; Whose Problem is the Future and the 100-Year Plan?; The Thing About Shelves; One Little Girl's Story; Observations; The Difference Between Creativity and Art; The Cure; Careers Advice for Young People; Observations; Her Conversation with the Social Workers; On the Purpose of Reading; Observations ; The Difference is the Size of the 'P'A Real-World Six-Point Noise Scale; Observations; The Eight Stages of Manhood; On Value; 21 Ways of Knowing You Have Spent Too Long on Twitter; Thunks; The Conversation Between an Angry Teenager and an Adult; Teachers - What Do You Teach?; Observations; When Bad Science Leads to Good Practice; Standing Still; Your One-Minute Three-Step MBA in Crisis Management; The Four Stages of Modern Life; The Merits of Not Having a Clue; The Intelligence of Six; Observations; The Game of Solitaire; Will Smith and the Flower Paradox; Trying To Be a Good Man ; ObservationsTrain Your Dog Like a Child; Train Your Child Like a Dog; Observations; There's No Such Thing as an Educational Expert; 30 Things That Exams Don't Measure; The Space Between the Stars; Trust; Why Am I Here?; The Money-Back Guarantee; Thunks; Three Questions to Ask Before Every Training Day; Three Responses That Are Worse Than Saying No; Observations; The Mirror; Things to Watch Out For When You See the Word 'Independent'; Thunks; Larks Ascending; Captain Pouch College; Observations; My Chilean Education; On Leadership II; Crowd to Brian: 'Yes, We're All Individuals'; Advice II ; Observations
• Sommario/riassunto: Think for yourself before someone does it for you. The first in a new series by and for people who know how important it is to think for yourself. Written by Independent Thinking founder Ian Gilbert, this book is an invaluable collection of reflections, ideas and insights on the nature of learning, thinking, creativity and, drawing on Ian s experience in three continents, the role education has in changing not only people s lives but also entire societies. Combining articles published in the UK, Middle East and South America plus examples of his controversial online postings and Tweets wi
• Titolo autorizzato: Independent thinking
• ISBN: 1-78135-079-5
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910463561303321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II