Кен Робинсон - The Element

GRANGETON: Portions of this segment came from an original interview for this book.

http://www.tes.co.uk/search/story/?story_id=2043774.

http://www.teachernet.gov.uk/casestudies/casestudy.cfm?id=344.

OKLAHOMA A+ SCHOOLS: Nicole Ashby, “Arts Integration at Oklahoma School Provides Multiple Paths for Learning,” Achiever , June 1, 2007. http://www.aplusok.org/.

Index

Abilene Paradox, 144–45

Adderley, Julian “Cannonball,” 124

aging, 195–98, 202–6

Ailey, Alvin, 115–16

Allen, Debbie, 114–16

Altman, Robert, 122

amateurs, 209–18

derivation of word, 210

leisure vs. recreation, 218–24

in Olympic Games, 212–13

Pro-Am Revolution, 210–11

transformation, 216–18

Anlo Ewe people, 31

ants, swarms of, 146–47

aptitude, 22–24, 159, 179–80

Aristotle, 36, 121

Armstrong, Lance, 185

Armstrong, Neil, 186

Aronica, Lou, 180–81

Asch, Solomon, 144

Athenian Stoics, 121

attitude, 22, 24–25, 156, 159, 160–68

authenticity, 90–94

balance, 31–32

Ballantine, Ian, 180–81

Bardens, Peter, 29

Bates, Edward, 126

Beatles, 10, 113, 125

Bennis, Warren, 123

Biederman, Pat Ward, 123

Big Brothers Big Sisters, 178, 185

Bill (car salesman), 214–15

Binet, Alfred, 38

BIRGing (Basking in Reflected Glory), 128

Black Ice, 94–96, 116

blindness, 156–59, 200–201

Bogdanovich, Peter, 122

Book Buddies, 204–6

brain:

and creativity, 76–79

and culture, 150–51, 152

gender differences in, 78

hemispheres of, 77–78

of infants, 198–99

and intelligence, 44

and language, 150, 199–200

lateral occipital complex, 151

and memory, 79

neural pathways of, 199, 201–2

physical development of, 201

plasticity of, 200–201

structural differences in, 151

and visual perception, 150–51

brain cells, 201, 202

Branson, Sir Richard, 225–27

Brecht, Bertolt, 32

Brigham, Carl, 41

Bruce, Jack, 29

Buffett, Warren, 176, 179

Buzan, Tony, 97

Can do Co Dance Company, 135–36

Capaldi, Jim, 217

Carson, Rachel, Silent Spring, 253–54, 259

Chambers, Paul, 124

chance, 25, 160, 161

change, pace of, 17–21

Charles, Ray, 176–77, 178, 179

Chase, Salmon P., 126

Chee, Michael, 151

Child, Julia, 192, 206

Christie, Agatha, 196–97

Cialdini, Robert, 128

cities, growth of, 256–57

Clapton, Eric, 29, 91, 217

Clarke, Arthur C., 211

Clawson, Mr., 185

Cleese, John, 11

climate crisis, 252–58

Close, Chuck, 132–35, 155, 194

Cobb, Jimmy, 124

Coelho, Paulo, 137–38, 155

Coghill, Neville, 241

Cohen, Adolph, 164

Coles, John, 158

Collins, Randall, 121

Coltrane, John, 124

Comaneci, Nadia, 34

Comedy Research Project (CRP), 110

common sense, 32

conformity, 144, 230–35

Connelly, Billy, 130–31

Conner, Bart, 33–34, 48

contagious behavior, 149

Cooper, Robert, 44

Coppola, Francis Ford, 122

Cosell, Howard, 130

Cowell, Simon, 191

creativity, 16, 55–57

and the brain, 76–79

dynamics of, 70–76, 125–26

features of, 71–73

and imagination, 57–59, 66, 70, 81

and insight, 76–77

and media, 72–76, 79

myths of, 56–57

opening your mind to, 76–82

power of, 67–70, 81, 82

process of, 71–72

reach of, 81

thinking outside the box, 97–100

critical reasoning, 37

Crouch, Donald, 183–84

crowd vs. tribe, 127–29

Cruddington, Grace, 166

Crumb, Robert, 5

Csikszentmihalyi, Mihaly, 92

culture:

and the brain, 150–51, 152

constraints of, 152–55

contagious behavior in, 149

definition of, 148

influence of, 148–52

and language, 149–50

survival manual for, 152

swimming against the tide, 152–55

Davis, Miles, 28, 124–25

Death Valley, 258

deindividuation, 129

Descartes, René, 37

disapproval, fear of, 137–42

diversity, 46–49, 121, 125

Doerr, Harriet, 191, 195

Doerr, John, 123

domains, 111–14

Drexler, K. Eric, 120–21, 176

Durband, Alan, 241

Dylan, Bob, 68, 118–20, 131, 153

dynamics, creative, 70–76, 125–26

dyslexia, 226–27

Dyson, Freeman, 117

ecology, 253–54

Edelman, Marian Wright, 177–78, 179

education system, 12–15

assessment in, 235, 236–37, 249–50

“back to basics,” 15–16

in Britain, 171–72

conformity in, 230–35

cram schools, 234–35

creativity drained by, 16

curriculum in, 235–36, 247–48

elemental, 247–50

higher education, 232–34

and intelligence, 36, 38–42

lack of interest in, 228–30

pedagogy, 235

practical training in, 39–40

quality assurance in, 249–50

reforming, 235–38

Reggio approach, 241–43

teaching, 12, 74, 107, 175–76, 237–38, 249

transforming, 238–46

Egan, Nick, 74–75

Einstein, Albert, 49–50, 202, 251

Element, 8

barriers to finding, 9, 132

groupthink vs., 142–46

personal constraints, 132–36

social barriers, 137–42

what it is, 21–22

and the zone, 86–90

Emerson, Ralph Waldo, Self-Reliance, 184

encouragement, 181–82

enjoyment, elements of, 92

Enlightenment, 37

Epicurus, 121

epiphany stories, 8, 74

eugenics movement, 39, 40, 41

Evans, Bill, 124, 125

evidence, scientific, 37

expectations, 161

fandom, 127–29

fast-food model, 249–50

fear of disapproval, 137–42

Feynman, Richard, 69–70, 71, 72, 73, 75, 76, 77, 120, 121

fields, 111–14, 117

Fischbach, Gerald, 201

fish, swarming, 146–47, 154

Fleetwood, Mick, 27–30, 48, 102

Fleetwood, Sally, 28

Fleetwood, Susan, 28

Fleetwood Mac, 27, 29

flow, 92, 93

Fordyce, Michael, 223

Franklin, Benjamin, 196

Freed, Alan, 112

Frost, Robert, 183

Fuller, R. Buckminster, 49

Fury, Peggy, 104, 111, 174

Gardner, Howard, 43

Gerver, Richard, 244–45

Geurts, Kathryn Linn, Culture and the Senses, 31

Gielgud, Sir John, 165

Gilmour, David, 217

Goleman, Daniel, 44

Goodwin, Doris Kearns, Team of Rivals, 126–27

Grace Living Center, Tulsa, 204–5

Graham, Benjamin, 176, 179

Grangeton, England, 244–46

Gray Panthers, 192

Great Groups, 123–24

Green, Peter, 29

Greenfield, Susan, 200

Groening, Matt, 4–6, 22, 116

groupthink, 142–46

growth and development, 257–58

Guthrie, Woody, 119–20, 131

Hadid, Zaha, 153–54, 155

Halberstam, David, 212–13

Hanna, Andrea, 221–22

happiness, 223

Harkness, Timandra, 100

Harris, Judith Rich, 142–46

Harrison, George, 10, 67–69, 77, 125, 127, 228

Harvard Mentoring Project, 178

Harvey, Jerry B., 144–45

Hendrickson, Susan, 211–12

Hermann Brain Dominance Instrument (HBDI), 99

heroes, 185–86

Hewlett, Bill, 123

Hollywood filmmaking, 121–22

Hoodwatch Movement Organization, 95

Hoover, Elizabeth, 5

Hopper, Dennis, 122

Horowitz, Vladimir, 197

Hosseini, Khaled, The Kite Runner, 216–17

Hubble telescope, 59, 64, 66, 67

Huffington, Arianna Stasinopoulos, 139–42, 153

Hunt, Albert, 240

imagination, 57–59, 66, 70, 81