Suggested Reading and Viewing
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Seeing with the Mind’s Eye (BBC) Presented by Susan A. Greenfi eld
Books
Abandoned Generation, The (1995) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . William Willimon & Thomas Naylor
Absorbent Mind, The . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Maria Montessori
Against School Reform (2002). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Peter S. Temes
Ageless Body, Timeless Mind . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Deepak Chopra
Aims of Education, The . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Alfred North Whitehead
All I Really Need to Know, I Learned in Kindergarten (1993) . . . . . . . . . . . Robert Fulghum
American Ideas and Education (1964) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Frederick Mayer
Ancient Engineers, The (1960). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . L. Sprague de Camp
Animals in Translation (2005) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Temple Grandin & Catherine Johnson
Arts and the Creation of Mind, The (2002) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Elliot W. Eisner
Art of Awareness, The . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Deb Curtis & Margie Carter
Art of Being, The . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Erich Fromm
Becoming a“Wiz” at Brain-Based Teaching. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Marilee Sprenger
Between Parent and Child . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Dr. Haim G. Ginott
Birth of the Mind, The (2004) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Gary Marcus
Book of Life, The. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Stephen Jay Gould
Book, The (1966). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Alan Watts
Brain Facts (2000). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Joseph Carey
Brain for All Seasons, A . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . William H. Calvin
Brief History of the Mind, A . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . William H. Calvin
Child’s Conception of the World, The . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jean Piaget & Jacques Voneche
Children Teach Children. . . . . . . . . . . . . . Alan Gartner, Mary Kohler & Frank Reissman
Cognitive Neuroscience (The Biology of the Mind) . . . . . . . . Michael S. Gazzaniga, Richard B. Ivry & George R.
Mangun
Complete Idiot’s Guide to Philosophy, The . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jay Stevenson, Ph.D.
Consistency . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Adolfo Critto
Construction of Reality in the Child, The . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jean Piaget
Continuum Concept, The. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jean Liedloff
Control Theory in the Classroom (1986) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . William Glasser M.D.
Cooperative Learning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Dana Grisham & Paul Molinelli
Core Transformation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Connierae & Tamara Andreas
Correspondence and Memoir (1829) Vols. I–IV. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Thomas Jefferson
Crash Course: A Radical Plan for Improving Public Education . . . . . . . . . . . . Chris Whittle
Creative Power. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Hughes Mearns
Creative Visualization . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Neville Drury
Curriculum (Readings in the Philosophy of Education). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Martin Levit
Dancing Wu Li Masters, The: An Overview of the New Physics . . . . . . . . . . . . . Gary Zukav
Descent of Man, The (1871) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Charles Darwin
Development of Play, The . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . David Cohen
Dewey on Education (1959) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Martin S. Dworkin
Different Kind of Teacher, A . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . John Taylor Gatto
Dining in the Raw . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Rita Romano
Disciplined Mind, The . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Howard Gardner
Discover Your Genius . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Michael K. Gelb
Discovery Of The Child, The. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Maria Montessori
Dominance Factor, The . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Carla Hannaford, M.D.
Double Helix of Education and the Economy, The . . . . . .Sue E. Berryman & Thomas R. Bailey
Dr. Montessori’s Own Handbook . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Maria Montessori
Dumbing Us Down . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . John Taylor Gatto
E=MC2 , A Biography of the World’s Most Famous Equation. . . . . . . . . . . . . David Bodanis
Eating for Optimum Health . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Andrew Weil
Educated Child, The . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . William J. Bennett
Education and the Good Life (1926) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Bertrand Russell
Education at the Crossroads. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jacques Maritain
Education for Thinking (2005). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Deanna Kuhn
Einstein Almanac, The . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Alice Calaprice
Emotional Intelligence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Daniel Goleman
English Reader, The . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Lindley Murray
Enriching the Brain (2006) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Eric Jensen
Experience and Education. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . John Dewey
Extraordinary Golf: The Art of the Possible. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Fred Shoemaker
Fires in the Bathroom (2003) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Kathleen Cushman
Fiscal Readiness for Stress of Change. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Paul Mort
Fit For Life II: Living Health . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Harvey & Marilyn Diamond
Food Revolution, The . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .John Robbins
Frogs into Princes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Richard Bandler
From Conception to Birth: A Life Unfolds. . . . . . . . . . . . . Alexander Tsiaras & Barry Werth
Games (1909) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jessie H. Bancroft
Golfi ng Machine, The . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Homer Kelley
Great Game of Business, The . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jack Stack & Bo Burlingham
Guide to Reading Piaget, A . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Molly Brearley & Elizabeth Hitchfield
Guiding Free Expression in Children’s Art . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Helen Merritt
Harvard Business Review on Breakthrough Thinking . . . . . . . . Harvard Business School Press
Heart of the Mind . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Connierae Andreas & Steve Andreas
Historical Survey of Christian Education . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Simon S. Laurie
History of Education, A (1886) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F.V.N. Painter
History of Knowledge, A . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Charles Van Doren
Horace Mann: Educator, Patriot and Reformer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . George Hubbell
How Did Sports Begin? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Rudolph Brasch
How People Learn: Brain, Mind, Experience and School. . . . . . . . National Research Council
How the Mind Works. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Steven Pinker
How to Change the Games Children Play. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .G. S. Don Morris
How to Teach So Students Remember (2005) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Marilee Sprenger
How to Think Like Leonardo da Vinci: Seven Steps to Genius Every Day . . . . . Michael L. Gelb
I Won’t Learn from You. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Herbert Kohl
Ideas and Opinions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Albert Einstein
Illusions: The Adventures of a Reluctant Messiah. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Richard Bach
In Every Kid There Lurks a Tiger . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Rudy Duran with Rick Lipsey
Inner Game of Tennis, The. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . W. Timothy Gallwey
Inner Game of Work, The (2000) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . W. Timothy Gallwey
Inside the Brain: Revolutionary Discoveries of How the Mind Works . . . . . . . Ronald Kotulak
Insights of Genius: Imagery and Creativity in Science and Art (2000) . . . . . . . . . Arthur Miller
Instant Rapport . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Michael Brooks
Intelligence in the Modern World: John Dewey’s Philosophy (1939) . . . . . . . . . Joseph Ratner
In the Zone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Rhea White & Michael Murphy
Introduction to Piaget, An . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . P. G. Richmond
Inventing Better Schools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Phillip C. Schlechty
Journey to Wisdom, The . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Paul Olson
Journey Without Goal (1981) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Chogyam Trungpa
Juicing for Life. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Cherie Calbom & Maureen Keane
Keeping Mozart in Mind. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Gordon L. Shaw, Ph.D.
Key to Understanding U.S. History, The. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Killoran, Zimmer & Jarrett
Last Days of Socrates, The (1954). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Translated by Hugh Tredennick
Learning Brain, The (2005) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Sarah Jayne Blakemore & Uta Frith
Learning Gap, The (1992) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Harold Stevenson & James Stigler
Learning to Teach, Teaching to Learn: A Holistic Approach . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Doug Bryan
Leonardo: The First Scientist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Michael White
Life We are Given, The. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . George Leonard & Michael Murphy
Made to Stick (2007). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Chip & Dan Heath
Magical Child . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Joseph Chilton Pearce
Mapping Human History . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Steve Olson
Mastery: The Keys to Success and Long-Term Fulfi llment . . . . . . . . . . . . . George Leonard
Memory 101 for Educators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Marilee Sprenger
Mindfulness . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Dr. Ellen Langer
Mindstorms: Children, computers, and Powerful Ideas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Seymour Papert
Mother Tongue, The . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Bill Bryson
Multiple Intelligences . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Howard Gardner
Myself: A Case of Mistaken Identity. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Alan Watts
Next: The Coming Era in Science . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Holcomb B. Noble
No Quick Fix. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Richard L. Allington & Sean A. Walmsley
Observations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Arthur Morgan
On Education . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Immanuel Kant
On Intelligence (2004). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jeff Hawkins & Sandra Blakeslee
On The Sea Of Memory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jonathan Cott
Origin of Species, The (1861) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Charles Darwin
Origins and Growth of Modern Education, The. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Elizabeth Lawrence
Origins of Intelligence in Children, The. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jean Piaget
Out of My Later Years (1950) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Albert Einstein
Overcoming Dyslexia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Sally Shaywitz, M.D.
Owners Manual For the Brain, The . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Pierce J. Howard, Ph.D.
Peak Learning (1991) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ronald Gross
Peak Performance: Mental Training Techniques of the World’s Greatest Athletes . Charles Garfield
Perfect Health . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Deepak Chopra
Piaget for Teachers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Hans Furth
Piaget in the Classroom . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Milton Schwebel & Jane Raph
Power of Intention, The (2004) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Dr. Wayne W. Dyer
Power of Mindful Learning, The. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Dr. Ellen J. Langer
Power of Now, The . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Eckhart Tolle
Pressured Child, The. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Michael Thompson & Teresa Barker
Productive Learning (2007) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Stanislaw Gtazek & Seymour Sarason
Professor’s Duties, A. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Peter Markie
Promoting Active Learning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Chet Meyers & Thomas B. Jones
Psychology of Learning, The. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Robert Borger & E. M. Seaborne
Psychology of Play, The . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Susanna Millar
Quality School Teacher , The . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . William Glasser, M.D.
Quality School, The . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . William Glasser M.D.
Quotable Teacher, The . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Randy Howe
Red Pencil, The. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Theodore R. Sizer
Rediscovering Hope . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Richard Curwin
Reframing: NLP and the Transformation of Meaning. . . . . . . Richard Bandler & John Grinder
Rethinking Golf . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Chuck Hogan
Dr. Dean Ornish’s Program for Reversing Heart Disease . . . . . . . . . . . . . Dr. Dean Ornish
Run Your Brain for a Change . . . . . . . . Richard Bandler, Connirae Andreas & Steve Andreas
Seat of the Soul, The . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Gary Zukav
Secrets of Life, The. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Stuart Wilde
Seven Sins of Memory, The . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Michael J. Gelb
Short History of Nearly Everything, A. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Bill Bryson
Smart Moves: Why Learning is Not all in Your Head . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Dr. Carla Hannford
Smart Schools (1992) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .David Perkins
Society of Mind, The . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Marvin Minsky
Space, Time and Beyond . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Bob Toben & Fred Alan Wolf
Story of Stupidity, The . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . James F. Welles, Ph.D.
Sweet Spot in Time, The . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . John Jerome
Switching On. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Dr. Paul E. Dennison
Synaptic Self, The: How the Brain Becomes Who We Are . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Joseph Le Doux
Talks to Teachers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . William James
Tao of Pooh, The . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Benjamin Hoff
Teacher Man: A Memoir. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Frank McCourt
Teacher Speaks, A . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Philip Marson
Teaching as Learning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Clark Moustakas
Teaching To The Brain’s Natural Learning Systems. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Barbara K. Given
Teaching with Fire (2003) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Sam Intrator & Megan Scribner
Teaching with the Brain in Mind. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Eric Jensen
Thinker’s Journal for College Freshmen, A . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Judy Daniel
Thinking for a Change (1989) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . John C. Maxwell
Tiger’s Bond Of Power. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Chuck Hogan
To Know as We Are Known: Education as a Spiritual Journey (1993) . . . . . . . . Parker Palmer
Touching Peace . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Thich Nhat Hanh
Toward a Theory of Instruction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jerome Bruner
Trance-Formations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . John Grinder & Richard Bandler
Understanding Creativity (2004) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Jane Piirto, Ph.D.
Understanding How Students Learn (2006). . . . . . . P. Karen Murphy & Patricia A. Alexander
Understanding Waldorf Education: Teaching from the Inside Out . . . . . . . . . . . Jack Petrash
Unschooled Mind, The. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Howard Gardner
Vital Lies, Simple Truths . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Daniel Goleman
What Does it Mean to be Well Educated? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Alfie Kohn
What Great Teachers Do Differently (2004). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Todd Whitaker
What is Philosophy? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Gilles Deleuze & Felix Guattari
Who are You? 101 Ways of Seeing Yourself . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Malcolm Godwin
Why Choose this Book? (2006) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Read Montague
Working Knowledge . . . . . Thomas R. Bailey, Katherine L. Hughes & David Thornton Moore
Working with Emotional Intelligence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Daniel Goleman
World Perspectives in Education (1900). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Edmund J. King
Magazines & Journals
American Educator (Quarterly) International Journal of Sports, Science and Teaching Scientific American
(Magazine) Scientific American Mind (Magazine), The Brain (Magazine), Brain & Mind online magazine
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