Wednesday, October 5, 2011
What is amazing about reading Pink's A Whole New Mind is the insight one gains about giving meaning to everyday life things. How a person can actually start to make connections about the myriad things we have learned during our life time and make sense of these connections. It is extremely exiting to find out that one can connect concepts from one discipline to another from a different discipline.
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Making connections is the core of symphony. The relationship between things and the meaning they hold are often taken for granted. I remember being in a class that was all about creating the mind body connection. I remember it was as if I started noticing things I had never seen before. This is the Ah-ha moment of bringing disparate ideas together.
ReplyDeleteYes and this connection is particularly needed in the fields of math, science and real life experience. If as teachers we make this symphony our students can become more motivated.
ReplyDeleteThe wonderful aspect to make connections is wonderful - it bridges disciplines and helps to connect people. I like that aspect - connecting individuals and creating different ideas with collaboration.
ReplyDeleteHow important it is to connect students' learning in math to science, to language arts, to social studies, and to the world. Learning becomes so much more rewarding for students when they have a clear understanding of how it personally relates to their own lives.
ReplyDeleteIt strikes me that scientists often make discoveries and invent things for which they do not have an immediate use or application. It is someone else, even in another field, who comes along, sees the potential application and innovation occurs. Science is definitely interdisciplinary. I am reminded of Steve Jobs. He did not invent the technology for the Iphone and Ipad, for example. Rather, he saw something was able to envision newer and better versions of the technology, masterfully enhance and market the innovation and “voila” the world was a better place. I think we will miss his genius.
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