ThinkingWithFiveMindsbySBoesdorfer

How We Think with Five Minds : 

How We Think with Five Minds John Dewey and Howard Gardner By Sarah Boesdorfer Illinois State University

How We Think : 

Picture source: http://liberal-education.com/John_Dewey.jpg How We Think Written by John Dewey in 1910 Defined Thought as “reflective thinking” Thought requires training Purpose of education is to train the mind John Dewey

Education in the Training of the Mind : 

Education in the Training of the Mind Dewey finished with some directives for education including: The play/work dichotomy, imaginative ? unreal The importance of language The inclusion/use of students experiences The need to move students to applications in novel situations

Five Minds for the Future : 

Picture source: http://robertfreund.de/blog/wp-content/uploads/2007/07/howardgardner.jpg Five Minds for the Future Published by Howard Gardner in 2007 Five Minds are not his multiple intelligences They are ways of seeing and thinking that can be taught or in his terms cultivated Howard Gardner

The Five Minds : 

The Five Minds Disciplined Mind Synthesizing Mind Creative Mind Respectful Mind Ethical Mind

Overarching Points : 

Overarching Points All the minds are important in every person but people will be stronger in certain areas. All the minds can be cultivated in a variety of ways. Important to cultivate for the survival of our species Cultivation the goal of the “educational system”

Comparison of The Two Works : 

Comparison of The Two Works Dewey Education = Training the Mind Education system = schools Mental training needed to help man achieve democratic purpose Gardner Education = Training the Mind Educational system = society as a whole Mental Training needed for survival of the species

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Dewey Important to think scientifically Any subject can be “intellectual”, so don’t need to be strict. Specific directions for educators provided Gardner Important to think scientifically Four “scholarly disciplines” that all should learn Few specific directions, instead examples, role models, possibilities

Applications for Ed Tech : 

Applications for Ed Tech Directives for all education include ed tech Help us blur the play/work line as Dewey would want Help “retain our childlike sensibilities” as Gardner would want

Ed Tech Provides Structure For Cultivation : 

Ed Tech Provides Structure For Cultivation The Novel Situations Curiosity Spark Stimulating Materials Materials for Synthesizing Exposing to role models

Ed Tech and Reflection : 

Ed Tech and Reflection Reflective practice is vital to mental training Technology gives opportunity for reflection and comments Blogs Wikis Podcasts

Goal : 

Goal

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Questions? Comments? Concerns?

Bibliography : 

Bibliography Dewey, J. (1997). How we think. New York: Dover Publications Inc. (Original work published 1910) Gardner, H. (2007). Five minds for the future. Boston: Harvard Business School Press. Dewey picture:http://liberal-education.com/John_Dewey.jpg Gardner picture: http://robertfreund.de/blog/wp-content/uploads/2007/07/howardgardner.jpg Other pictures from Microsoft Office Clip Art