Teach Kids Attitude 1st Blog
The Teach Kids Attitude 1st Blog is my mini-journal about the field of education and schooling.
Illusion Series: Illusions of Knowing The World
In this series I am sharing a variety of perspectives on illusions. In particular I want to lay a foundation that supports my claim that education is
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Illusion Series: Literal Illusions
In this series I am sharing a variety of perspectives on illusions. In particular I want to lay a foundation that supports my claim that education is
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Teaching Beyond Language
In this TED Talk Evelyn Glennie tells the story of how her teacher transcended his own limitations to accept her as a student. In case you have not
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Are We Making Students Happy?
Does making students happy help them learn? In the TED Talk below author Dan Gilbert talks about how what makes us uniquely human is our ability to
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Positive Psychology
Positive psychology is the kind of psychology that is crucial to transforming education. In this TED Talk Martin Seligman gives a quick overview of
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Brilliant Brain Science
Here's an example of the kind of brain science that I really enjoy learning about: Blurb: Vilayanur Ramachandran tells us what brain damage can
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It's Sharing Time!
I have just begun the process of enabling you, my visitors to add your voice to this web site. So far I have added invitations to join the conversation on these pages:
Attitude Science
School
Learning Theory
Now you can join the fun!
The Science of Attitude
The science of attitude was revealed when a scientist has a stroke and lives to tell about it. Neuroanatomist Jill Bolte Taylor had a stroke and survived to tell the tale in a unique way.
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New Look & Book plus pdf's
If you have been on the site within the last week you may have noticed some cosmetic changes. I have created a new look for the site in conjunction with the completion of several big projects.
There are now two e-books available, the Illustrated Attitutor Manifesto, which is a gift to donors, and The Attitutor Essay Collection, which is a collection of over 30 essays from the site (including the plain Manifesto.)
I have also made pdf versions of the long essays on the site to assist visitors with reading them.
Enjoy,
Don Berg
Leadership Is Not Management
Leadership is about aligning the context of an organization to meet the needs of those inside, those outside it, and other organizations. Management is just meeting the needs of the organization.
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