Reflection on the book 5 MINDS FOR THE FUTURE

2. Why Does Professor Gardner believe our future requires these 5 minds? Video: 5 Minds For The Future by Howard Gardner http://video2.harvard.edu:8080/ramgen/GSE-UKNOW/uk_hg_int_mind.rm

3. Individuals without creating capabilities will be replaces by computers and will drive away those who do have the creative spark. Individuals without synthesizing capabilities will be over- whelmed by information and unable to make judicious decisions about personal or professional matters. Individuals without respect will not be worthy of respect by others and will poison the workplace and the commons. Individuals without ethics will yield a world devoid of decent workers And responsible citizens none of us will want to live on the desolute planet. Individuals without one or more disciplines will not be able to succeed at any demanding workplace and will be restricted to menial tasks.

4. The Synthesizing Mind The Creating Mind The Disciplined Mind The Respectful Mind The Ethical Mind

5. The Disciplinary Mind “Mastery of at least one way of thinking a distinctive mode of cognition that characterizes a specific scholarly discipline, craft, or profession.” (Gardner, pg.3)

7. 4 Essential Steps to a Disciplined Mind “ Identify truly important topics or concepts within the discipline.” “ Spend a significant amount of time on this topic.” “ Approach the topic in a number of ways.” ( This is where this mind encounters Gardener’s Theory of Multiple Intelligences ) “ Most important, set up ‘performances of under-standing’ and give students opportunities to perform their under-standings under a variety of conditions. 1 2 3 4 (Gardner, Pgs 32-34)

8. The Other Kind of Discipline “ An individual is disciplined to the extent that she has acquired the habits that allow her to make steady and essentially unending progress to the mastery of a skill.” (Gardner, pg. 40)

11. The Synthesizing Mind “ Takes information from disparate sources, understands and evaluates that information objectively, and puts it together in ways that make sense to the synthesizer and also to other persons.” (Gardner, pg.3)

13. For more taxonomies visit: http:// projects.coe.uga.edu/epltt / Taxonomies

14. Complex Concepts Charles Darwin- “ The Concept of Natural Selection”

16. Powerful Metaphors, Images, and Themes

17. Embodiments Without Words Picasso’s “Guernica”

18. Theory Metatheory

21. The Creating Mind “ It brings forth new ideas, poses unfamiliar questions, conjures up fresh ways of thinking, arrives at unexpected answers.” (pg.3)

22. Do humans reach the peak of creativity by age 5?

23. WE as parents, educators, and community members, must take care to nourish the seeds of creativity.

24. Extraordinary Examples of the Creating Minds: Martha Graham (1894-1991) American dancer, choreographer, and teacher, was a world leading innovator of modern dance. Founder of: Dance Repertory Theater in New York; Bennington School of Arts at Bennington College in Vermont, and Martha Graham School of Contemporary Dance in New York Bill Gates Co-founder of Microsoft Software Company Philanthropist in areas of global health and learning Self-made billionaire.

25. The Respectful Mind “ Responding sympathetically and constructively to differences among groups; seeking to understand and work with those who are different; extending beyond mere tolerance and political correctness.” (Gardner, pg.157)

26. Respect begins shortly after birth.

27. “ Messages of respect or disrespect, tolerance or intolerance are signaled throughout a society.” (Gardner, pg. 111)

29. Extraordinary Examples of the Respectful Mind: Miep Gies- helped hide Anne Frank and others from Nazi’s during WWII http://www.silkroadproject.org/ Yo Yo Ma’s Silk Road Project “ I have always been more curious as to what joins people together rather than what seperates them.” -Yo Yo Ma

30. The Ethical Mind “ Abstracting crucial features of one’s role at work and one’s role as a citizen and acting consistently with those conceptualizations; striving toward good work and good citizenship.” (pg.158)

34. Timeline for 5 Minds in Formal Education Respect Discipline Synthesis Ethics “ Creativity goes hand in glove with disciplinary thinking.” (Gardner Pg. 162)