Rent Five Minds for the Future

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We live in a time of changes that include accelerating globalization, mounting quantities of information, the growing hegemony of science and technology, and the clash of civilizations. Those changes call for new ways of learning and thinking in school, business, and the professions. In this audiobook, psychologist Howard Gardner defines the cognitive abilities that will command a premium in the years ahead:BRBRBR/UL type=discBR/LI .5in? list tab-stops: lfo1; level1 l0 mso-list: 0pt; 0in MARGIN:The disciplinary mind - master of major schools of thought.BRBR/LI .5in? list tab-stops: lfo1; level1 l0 mso-list: 0pt; 0in MARGIN:The synthesizing mind - ability to integrate ideas.BRBR/LI .5in? list tab-stops: lfo1; level1 l0 mso-list: 0pt; 0in MARGIN:The creating mind - capacity to uncover and clarity problems, questions and phenomena.BRBR/LI .5in? list tab-stops: lfo1; level1 l0 mso-list: 0pt; 0in MARGIN:The respectful mind - awareness of and appreciation for differences among human beings.BRBR/LI .5in? list tab-stops: lfo1; level1 l0 mso-list: 0pt; 0in MARGIN:The ethical mind - fulfillment of one's responsibilities./LI/ULArmed with these well-honed capacities, a person will be equipped to deal with what is expected in the future-as well as what cannot be anticipated. Without these "minds," individuals will be at the mercy of forces they can't understand-overwhelmed by information, unable to succeed in the workplace, and incapable of making judicious decisions about personal and professional matters.

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