If you click here, you will be taken to the genius page where you will
get an introduction to genius and how it may be facilitated by
environmental factors. It also provides a brief introduction to the
Root-Bernstein's thirteen tools, facilities or potential abilities that
humans are all born into the world with, and then lose, because they
are discouraged in their use or are droped in favor of such skills as
speaking our native languages.
Rapid Cognition
If you click here, you will be taken to the rapid cognition page, where
an introducion to the ideas, from the book "Blink" by Malcolm Gladwell,
is presented. These ideas cover the functioning of the unconcious mind
in developing creativegenius ideas, as well as demystifing the near
precient functioning of hunches, insight and intuition. Also
subconscious mind functioning from the "The Art of Learning" by Josh
Waitzkin is explored.
Creativity
If you click here, you will be taken to the 'creativity' page that
explores the nature of creativity and the various tecniques for
facilitating and amplifying creativity. On this page we grapple with
the alturnative views that creativity is only an unconscious activity
or that it can be facilitated in the form of a conscious activity. This
page also covers what possable environmental conditions might be
conducive to personal creativity.
Recognizing Patterns
If you click here, you will be taken to a needs map page that provides
information about and links to various pages concerning Maslow and his
hierarchy. The information concerning those pages, will be provided on
that needs map page in the same manner as it is on this page. The
information will cover pages that will include, an overview page of
Maslow's work and pages for each of the need levels in his hierarchy of
needs.
Abstracting
If you click here, you will be taken to a 'whatwecando' page. This page
is in three sections. The first section is on how things change. The
second is links to pages on how different sections of the community or
institutions can change. These pages are 'schools', 'government',
'business', 'libraries', 'internet', 'television', 'teachers',
'students', 'learners', 'parents', 'programers', 'psychologists'. The
final section is on student directed learning.
Imaging
If you click here, you will be taken to a page called 'outcomes'. This
page is in three sections. The first section is on testing as performed
in schools. The second section is links to the eleven keys to learning
with a brief description. These key pages are, 'world', 'confidence',
'fragile', 'failure', 'criticism', 'teachlearn', 'contagion', 'start',
'choices', learntolearn', 'learningthefuture'. The final section deals
with learning by doing.
Transforming
If you click here, you will be taken to the 'curiosity' page for a look
at the need to learn and how it relates to Maslow's hierarchy of needs.
In fact this page is about two related needs. First the need to find
consistence and invariants in the world and secondly the need to learn
for the shear love of learning. All other needs are subject to these
two needs because all other needs can only be satisfied through
learning.
Playing
If you click here, you will be taken to a needs map page that provides
information about and links to various pages concerning Maslow and his
hierarchy. The information concerning those pages, will be provided on
that needs map page in the same manner as it is on this page. The
information will cover pages that will include, an overview page of
Maslow's work and pages for each of the need levels in his hierarchy of
needs.
Modeling
If you click here, you will be taken to a 'method' map page that
provides information about and links to various pages concerning Karl
Popper, Jean Piaget, Maria Montessori, and the meanings of words used
on this site. The information concerning those pages, will be provided
on that 'method' map page in the same manner as it is on this page. The
important thrust of this section concerns the work of Popper.
Dimensional
If you click here, you will be taken to a 'method' map page that
provides information about and links to various pages concerning Karl
Popper, Jean Piaget, Maria Montessori, and the meanings of words used
on this site. The information concerning those pages, will be provided
on that 'method' map page in the same manner as it is on this page. The
important thrust of this section concerns the work of Popper.
Empathizing
If you click here, you will be taken to a 'method' map page that
provides information about and links to various pages concerning Karl
Popper, Jean Piaget, Maria Montessori, and the meanings of words used
on this site. The information concerning those pages, will be provided
on that 'method' map page in the same manner as it is on this page. The
important thrust of this section concerns the work of Popper.
Body Thinking
If you click here, you will be taken to a metaneeds page or a being
needs page which will inform you as to Maslow's understanding of what
it is to be self actualized. It covers the transcendent value needs of
wholeness, perfection, completion, Justice, Chaos, Order, Simplicity,
Richness, Beauty, Goodness, Uniqueness, Effortlessness, Playfulness,
Truthfulness, Self-sufficiency, Creativity and Passion.
Analogizing
If you click here, you will be taken to a metaneeds page or a being
needs page which will inform you as to Maslow's understanding of what
it is to be self actualized. It covers the transcendent value needs of
wholeness, perfection, completion, Justice, Chaos, Order, Simplicity,
Richness, Beauty, Goodness, Uniqueness, Effortlessness, Playfulness,
Truthfulness, Self-sufficiency, Creativity and Passion.
Forming Patterns
If you click here, you will be taken to a metaneeds page or a being
needs page which will inform you as to Maslow's understanding of what
it is to be self actualized. It covers the transcendent value needs of
wholeness, perfection, completion, Justice, Chaos, Order, Simplicity,
Richness, Beauty, Goodness, Uniqueness, Effortlessness, Playfulness,
Truthfulness, Self-sufficiency, Creativity and Passion.
Observing
If you click here, you will be taken to a metaneeds page or a being
needs page which will inform you as to Maslow's understanding of what
it is to be self actualized. It covers the transcendent value needs of
wholeness, perfection, completion, Justice, Chaos, Order, Simplicity,
Richness, Beauty, Goodness, Uniqueness, Effortlessness, Playfulness,
Truthfulness, Self-sufficiency, Creativity and Passion.
Synthesizing
If you click here, you will be taken to a metaneeds page or a being
needs page which will inform you as to Maslow's understanding of what
it is to be self actualized. It covers the transcendent value needs of
wholeness, perfection, completion, Justice, Chaos, Order, Simplicity,
Richness, Beauty, Goodness, Uniqueness, Effortlessness, Playfulness,
Truthfulness, Self-sufficiency, Creativity and Passion.
The Sociology of Creation
If you click here, you will be taken to the page on the sociology of
creation. This page tries to outline how certain social conditions
interact to enable comunities of people to produce greater numbers of
creative people. Much of this is based on the ideas presented in Steven
Johnson's book "Where Good Ideas Come From" such as adjacent possible,
liquid networks, the slow hunch, serendipity, error, exaptation and
platforms.
Prodigies and the Gifted
If you click here, you will be taken to the page on the sociology of
creation. This page tries to outline how certain social conditions
interact to enable comunities of people to produce greater numbers of
creative people. Much of this is based on the ideas presented in Steven
Johnson's book "Where Good Ideas Come From" such as adjacent possible,
liquid networks, the slow hunch, serendipity, error, exaptation and
platforms.
