TED2006 | Filmed February 2006 | Posted June 2006
Sir Ken Robinson makes an entertaining and profoundly moving case for creating an education system that nurtures (rather than undermines) creativity.
Source: http://www.ted.com/talks/ken_robinson_says_schools_kill_creativity.html
‘Ecological Intelligence’: Do humans have what it takes to survive?
By Daniel Goleman | TheTyee.ca | March 11, 2010
[Editor's note: The following is excerpted from the new book Ecological Intelligence by Daniel Goleman, published by Broadway Business, an imprint of The Crown Publishing Group, a division of Random House, Inc. Reprinted with permission. Copyright © 2010 [...]
For years, the secrets to great teaching have seemed more like alchemy than science, a mix of motivational mumbo jumbo and misty-eyed tales of inspiration and dedication. But for more than a decade, one organization has been tracking hundreds of thousands of kids, and looking at why some teachers can move them three grade levels [...]