Ten Intellectual Heroes for Self-Renewal and Professional Development
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Jerome Bruner (1915 – ) | Cognitive Psychology, Education | The perfectibility of intellect [Read more] |
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Wendell Johnson (1906 – 1965) | General Semantics, Speech Pathology | Language mastery as gateway to reaching intellectual potential [Read more] |
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Neil Postman (1931 – 2003) | Media Ecology | Education as counterbalance [Read more] |
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Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803 – 1882) |
Philosophy | Teaching as provocation, not instruction [Read more] |
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Soren Kierkegaard (1813 – 1855) | Philosophy, Theology | Navigating uncertainty [Read more] |
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Roger Schank (1946 – ) | Artificial Intelligence, Education | Developing the battle tactics of persuasion [Read more] |
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Gregory Bateson (1904 – 1980) | Anthropology, Systems Thinking | Information: A difference that makes a difference [Read more] |
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George Polya (1887 – 1985) | Mathematics | The art of guessing [Read more] |
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William Zinsser (1922 – ) | Writing | Writing more clearly to think more clearly [Read more] |
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Robert Nozick (1938 – 2002) | Philosophy | Spiral: The geometry of transformative thinking [Read more] |