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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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.