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CONTENTS COVER HALF TITLE PAGE TITLE PAGE COPYRIGHT PAGE DEDICATION ABOUT THE AUTHOR PREFACE CHAPTER 1: OUT OF OUR MINDS CREATING THE FUTURE RETHINKING CREATIVITY THREE THEMES CONNECTING EDUCATION, BUSINESS AND CULTURE BEYOND IMAGINING CHAPTER 2: FACING THE REVOLUTION GETTING OUT MORE GETTING THE MESSAGE IT’S ONLY JUST BEGUN USING YOUR BRAIN SUPERCHARGING YOUR BRAIN IT’S GETTING CROWDED THE PERILS OF PREDICTION THE LEISURED SOCIETY? ANTICIPATING THE FUTURE LOOKING FORWARD CHAPTER 3: THE TROUBLE WITH EDUCATION REFORMING AND TRANSFORMING ACADEMIC INFLATION TWIN PILLARS THE CULTURE OF EDUCATION THE SEPTIC FOCUS ECONOMIC CHALLENGES THE WAR FOR TALENT CULTURAL CHALLENGES PERSONAL CHALLENGES TAKING STOCK CHAPTER 4: THE ACADEMIC ILLUSION IMAGES OF INTELLIGENCE MEASURING YOUR MIND THE TRIUMPH OF SCIENCE BORN AGAIN THE RISE OF EDUCATION THE IRRESISTIBLE RISE OF IQ ARTS AND SCIENCES CHANGING OUR MINDS CHAPTER 5: KNOWING YOUR MIND YOU’RE MORE THAN YOU THINK LIVING IN TWO WORLDS MAPPING THE MIND DIVERSITY DYNAMISM DISTINCTIVENESS PLASTICITY AND POTENTIAL DARRYL’S DANCE REALIZING WHO WE ARE CHAPTER 6: BEING CREATIVE VIVA LAS VEGAS IMAGINATION, CREATIVITY AND INNOVATION THE CREATIVE MIND SPEAKING YOUR MIND WHAT DO YOU MEAN? SCHEMATIC SYMBOLS CREATING AND RECREATING THE CREATIVE PROCESS JUDGING VALUE MAKING CONNECTIONS FREEDOM AND CONTROL THIS TIME IT’S PERSONAL CONCLUSION CHAPTER 7: FEELING BETTER BEYOND THE NUMBERS THE EXILE OF FEELING TWO TRADITIONS EDUCATING THE EMOTIONS KNOWING AND FEELING ARTISTS AND SCIENTISTS CONCLUSION CHAPTER 8: YOU ARE NOT ALONE THE LONE GENIUS? DEFINING CULTURE A MATTER OF TIME AND DIFFERENCE DYNAMIC CULTURES DISTINCT DIFFERENCES LIFE IS NOT LINEAR CULTURE AND CREATIVITY THE POWER OF IDEAS THEORY AND IDEOLOGY CHAPTER 9: BEING A CREATIVE LEADER LEADING A CULTURE OF INNOVATION THE ROLES AND PRINCIPLES OF CREATIVE LEADERSHIP BORN AGAIN CHAPTER 10: LEARNING TO BE CREATIVE TRANSFORMING EDUCATION PRINCIPLES OF TRANSFORMATION MAKING IT HAPPEN THE CULTURE OF EDUCATION CREATIVE TEACHING CURRICULUM ASSESSMENT LOOKING TO THE FUTURE AFTERWORD ENDNOTES REFERENCES INDEX OUT OF OUR MINDS This edition first published by Capstone Publishing Ltd (a Wiley company), 2011 © Sir Ken Robinson 2001, 2011 First edition published 2001 Revised and updated edition published 2011 Registered office Capstone Publishing Ltd. (A Wiley Company), The Atrium, Southern Gate, Chichester, West Sussex, PO19 8SQ, United Kingdom For details of our global editorial offices, for customer services and for information about how to apply for permission to reuse the copyright material in this book please see our website at www.wiley.com. The right of the author to be identified as the author of this work has been asserted in accordance with the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988. All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise, except as permitted by the UK Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988, without the prior permission of the publisher. Wiley also publishes its books in a variety of electronic formats. Some content that appears in print may not be available in electronic books. Designations used by companies to distinguish their products are often claimed as trademarks. All brand names and product names used in this book are trade names, service marks, trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective owners. The publisher is not associated with any product or vendor mentioned in this book. This publication is designed to provide accurate and authoritative information in regard to the subject matter covered. It is sold on the understanding that the publisher is not engaged in rendering professional services. If professional advice or other expert assistance is required, the services of a competent professional should be sought. Library of Congress Cataloguing-in-Publication Data is available ISBN 9781907312472 (cloth), ISBN 9780857081032 (emobi), ISBN 9780857081049 (epub), ISBN 9780857081490 (ebook) A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library.

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