Educating the Whole Child for the Whole World: The Ross School Model and Education for the Global Era

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| 205 1984 (Orwell), 34 Abraham, Ralph: Chaos, Gaia, Eros, 126; integration of math and cultural history, 128–130, 142–143, 162; mystical and shamanic nature of math, 158–159 admiration, feelings of, 67 Adorno, Theodor, 39 Age of American Unreason, The (Jacoby), 29 Age of Bifurcation, The (Laszlo), 126 algebra, 127, 128 Andou, Jyukou, 87 Angele, Elizabeth, 163 Angelico, Fra, 161 Annunciation (Angelico), 161 Answers.com, 28 anti-intellectualism, 29 Apuleius, 164 architecture of care, 4–8, 197–198 arithmetic, 127, 128 art: science and, 112–115; styles of, 115–116 artistic mind, 88–91 aspect dualism, 64–65 Association of American Colleges and Universities (AACU), 30 baking in science education, 120 Beaudin, Jennifer, 115 behavioral engagement, 9 Bell Curve, The (Herrnstein and Murray), 50–51 Bickmore, Timothy, 114–115, 120 biology in research on learning, 70, 71–72 Booth, Wayne C., 30, 40n2 Bourdieu, Pierre, 7 Bouwsma, William, 32 brains,61–68;admiration,feelingsof,67; compassion,feelingsof,67;evolutionof, 63;learningand,61,65–66,87;left-brain, right-brainfunctioning,50–51,88–89; mindsand,62–63,64;moralbehavior and,67–68;plasticityof,65–66;purpose, 63–64;sensibilityand,88–89;surfacecerebrallayer ,88–89;virtualityon,effectof,68 Brothers Karamazov, The (Dostoevsky), 29 Bruner, Jerome S., 83, 86 Butterfly, The (Mandel), 164 Cajal. See Ramón y Cajal, Santiago Canova, Antonio, 164 care, architecture of, 4–8 Carson, Rachel, 91 Center for Social Media, 106 Center for Well-Being, 6, 148, 149–150 Chaos, Gaia, Eros (Abraham), 126 chaos theory, 125–126, 127, 135–136 Charpak, Georges, 118, 120 citizenship, education for, 47 Claeys, Michele, 151 cognitive engagement, 10–11 cognitive science in research on learning, 70, 71–72 compassion, feelings of, 67 Confucius, 142 consciousness: mathematics in evolution of, 127; minds and, 63–64 Cooper, Ann, 149 Copernicus, Nicolaus, 49 copyright issues and multimedia literacy, 106 Index 206 | About the Contributors “Cost of Copyright Confusion for Media Literacy, The” (Center for Social Media), 106 creating mind, 53, 56 creativity: image manipulation and, 62; intelligence and, 89; multitasking and, 68; objects and, 111 Critchlow, Keith, 161 Critical Commons project, 105–106 Csikszentmihaly, Michael, 166 Cull, Selby, 120 cultural history: bifurcations of, 126–127; integration with math, 125, 128–130, 133, 142–143, 162; in Ross School curriculum, 125, 128–130, 143 culture: defined, 4; homogenization of, 46–47; mathematics and, 157–162 culture of engagement, 8–14 Dalai Lama, 162 Damon, William, 166 Darkness at Noon (Koestler), 34 De Bonte, Austina, 116–117 Dehaene, Stanislas, 160 Democracy and Education (Dewey), 74 Descartes, René, 64–65 Dewey, John, 73–76, 76, 151 Dickinson, Emily, 165 digital data, growth in, 27 disciplined mind, 53, 55 Dostoevsky, Fyodor, 29 dualism, 64–65 dynamics, 127, 128 dyslexia, 71 Edelman, Gerald, 165 Educated Brain, The (Battro, Fischer, and Léna), 168 education: analysis and synthesis vs. memorization in, 33; attention in, 66; brain science and, 61; brain’s plasticity and, 65; for citizenship, 47; collaboration between researchers and practitioners, 69–70, 72 (see also research schools); concepts in, ways of presenting, 52; disengagement from, 9; effects, 196; emotion in, 67; engagement and, 8, 9–14, 66–67; environmental education, 91; focused curriculum, need for, 31; global education, case for, 43–47, 195–196; globalization ’s challenges to, 1–2; goal, 145; individualization of, 52; Internet and, 45; left-brain, right-brain functioning, 50–51, 88–89; of mathematicians, 109 (see also math education); mind, brain and education research, 71, 74; moral behavior, 68; multiple intelligences (MI) theory, 51–52; neuroscience, 68, 72; physical health, 66; psychometric intelligence , 50–51, 52; scientific legitimacy, 50; of scientists, 109, 111 (see also science education); specialized knowledge, 27–28; in United States, 2; values and, 50; “Wikipedia-zation” of, 28. See also laboratory schools; learning; research schools; schools; universities educational research, 58, 87 Einstein, Albert, 83 Elements of Euclid, 131–132 Eliot, T. S., 28–29, 30 emotion: in education, 67; in human behavior, 66–68; judgmental skills and, 159–160 Empty Bowls project, 150 engagement: behavioral engagement, 9; cognitive engagement, 10–11; education and, 8, 66–67; relational engagement, 11–14 engagement, culture of, 8–14 Enlightenment, the, 161–162 environmental education, 91 Erikson, Erik, 32, 115 ethical codes, 67 ethical mind, 53, 56–57 Euclid, 131–132, 136 experts, 159 Explorama at Danfoss Universe, 55 Farrin, Suzanne, 167 fire hatchets, 160–161 Five Minds for the Future (Gardner), 53–57 Flexner, Abraham, 198 About the Contributors...