A Whole New Mind April 28, 2007
Posted by Matthew Woolums in Book Review.trackback
Just finished reading through Daniel Pink’s “A Whole New Mind, Why Right-Brainers Will Rule the Future” Riverhead Books, the Berkley Publishing Group, ISBN 1-57322-308-5 or in paperback ISBN 1-59448-171-7. It presents a compelling case for moving beyond the left-brained standardized test world most of us live in, to a perspective that respects the creative, the transcendent. Education is stuck in the left-brain dominance of accountability, high stakes testing and more currently the drive to make decisions based on accumulations of data. It wasn’t that long ago that we were talking about the whole child, and this book reminds me that whole-brain thinking is a worthwhile goal.
After making the case for right-brain thinking, Daniel Pink goes on to describe six senses that comprise the right-brain world view. Each sense, design, story, symphony, empathy, play, and meaning, seem to have a correlation to Howard Gardner’s multiple intelligences. The book is structured so that each sense comes with portfolio or collection of examples and recommendations on how to activate that sense.
If you are interested in brain research, and the future of education and the role of technology, this book is certainly worth your time.
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