Readings Related to Sustainable Learning
Books and other readings related to education and learning for the 21st century. |
The Reader by Jean-Honoré Fragonard
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Readings Related to Education ReformA Whole New Mind: Why Right-Brainers Will Rule the Future Author: Daniel H. Pink Published: 2005 by Riverhead Books Synopsis: Pink looks at the shift from the left-brained essential skills of the Information Age to the right-brained skills that dominate successful job-markets in the Conceptual Age. He points to the need to improve the whole-mind, by accepting and exploring our right-brained talents in mainstream life, school and business. The Global Achievement Gap: Why Even Our Best Schools Don't Teach the New Survival Skills Our Children Need--and What We Can Do Author: Tony Wagner Published: 2008 by Basic Books Synopsis: Wagner brings together voices of employers and classroom evidence to illustrate the skills students need most in order to become productive workers and citizens. The Flat World and Education: How America's Commitment to Equity Will Determine Our Future Author: Linda Darling-Hammond Published: 2010 by Teachers College Press Synopsis: Darling-Hammond looks at education from a global perspective, analyzing the dos and don't for creating a sustainable education system. "Teaching is today where medicine was in 1910..." |
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Readings Related to Creating Academic RitualsMindful Teaching and Teaching Mindfulness: A Guide for Anyone Who Teaches Anything
Author: Deborah Schoeberlein with Suki Sheth Published: 2009 by Wisdom Publications Synopsis: Discusses and reflects on mindful practices in K12 educational settings. Meditation and the Classroom Authors/Editors: Judith Simmer-Brown and Fran Grace Published: 2011 by SUNY Synopsis: Examines the application of meditational practices in educational settings. Habits: How They Form And How To Break Them/ The Power of Habit Article published: 03.05.2012 NPR Synopsis: NPR report on Charles Duhigg's book The Power of Habit, discusses "habit loops" and how to change them. Enlightenment Engineers Author: Noah Shachtman Published: 06.08.2013 Wired.com Synopsis: Discusses the resent surge of meditation practices for the purpose of improving workforce productivity and creativity. You're Distracted (Available on EBSCOhost) Author: Marc Parry Published: 3.29.2013 by Chronicle for Higher Education Synopsis: A look at various research on the downfalls of multitasking. "...Mr. Levy, a professor in the Information School at The University of Washington, sees a problem with many discussions about what technology is doing to our minds. |