RESOURCES and REFERENCES
Our work was informed by the work of many influential thinkers and educators some of whom appear on this list. PDS is above all about learning so we know that this list is incomplete and that our learning will continue. Our thanks to the following:
John Seely Brown,for his work on innovation, creativity, play and the big shift and for his book with Douglas Thomas A New Culture of Learning: Cultivating the Imagination for a World of Constant Change
Cathy Davidson for her book and her blog Now You See It: How Technology and Brain Science Will Transform Schools and Business for the 21st Century
Carol Dweck for Mindset: The New Psychology of Success that reports her research into how teaching a growth mindset creates motivation and productivity in the worlds of business, education, and sports.
Edutopia and the resources at The George Lucas Educational Foundation
Fielding Nair International for their work in helping schools rethink the learning environment
Howard Gardner for his extensive body of work including on the importance of multiple intelligences and Five Minds for the Future.
Cas Holman on Tinkering and the Art of Play
John Hunter whose work is inspiring and whose visit was a highlight of the 2012-2013 school year
Ideo and Tim Brown on Design Thinking
Henry Jenkins on connected learning and re-imagining a new ecology of education in the information age
Grant Lichtman whose blog The Learning Pond is an ongoing resource and inspiration and whose work with our committee provided a useful burst of creative energy and refreshed thinking
Ewan Mackintosh for his insights into design thinking, school design and educational change
Sylvia Martinez and Gary Stager for Invent to Learn and the role of making, tinkering and engineering in the classroom within the progressive tradition of creative schooling
NAIS for its resources and research and work on sustainability and for A 21st Century Imperative: A Guide to becoming a School of the Future and the 2012-2013 Trendbook and Pat Bassett for The Big Shifts and for his many blog pasts and presentations on change and the future in independent schools
The Partnership for 21st Century Schools
Will Richardson for his blog and his book on the changing role of schools in an age of information abundance: Why School?
RISD for STEM to STEAM and their initiative to add Art and Design to the national agenda of STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Math) with the goal of fostering innovation in education and research.
Ken Robinson for Out of our Minds and his talks that emphasis creativity, respect for the diversity of human talent and the need for change
George Siemens for Connectivism: A Learning Theory for the Digital Age
The Third Teacher for their focus on the importance of physical space and using design to transform learning and teaching
Triangle Associates newsletters on strategy and strategy making
Tony Wagner for Rigor Redefined and Seven Survival Skills and for his advice to schools on how to develop student skills they will need in a global society
Judy Willis for her presentations at PDS and for work and that of others in the rapidly developing field of neuroscience
Connie Yowell on re-imagining the experience of education
Yong Zhou for his insight into global learning and global competitiveness
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