Guest Thinkers — April 28, 2011 Video: Student disengagement Scott McLeod Copy a link to the article entitled Share Video: Student disengagement on Facebook Share Video: Student disengagement on Twitter (X) Share Video: Student disengagement on LinkedIn I love this video. How much of this occurs in your school on a day-to-day basis? What would your kids say?
Neuropsych 25 years since Columbine: We’re closer to decoding mass-shooter psychology Public mass shooters almost always have worldviews shaped by the "3 Rs": rage, resentment, and revenge.
Thinking Everyday Philosophy: “Is there anything wrong with trauma dumping?” When does "oversharing" become an issue?
Leadership Adam Grant on how to identify and develop high-potential leaders The ability to toggle between abstract and concrete thinking is a key differentiator of high-potential leaders.
Business Want true success? Be more philosophical about “good” and “bad” failure. Bob Dylan gave us the paradoxical gem "there's no success like failure, and failure's no success at all." He had a point.
Starts With A Bang The idea that matter is mostly empty space is mostly wrong Practically all of the matter we see and interact with is made of atoms, which are mostly empty space. Then why is reality so... solid?
Guest Thinkers The Understanding of Science derives from Outside the Classroom As you might have noticed from my posts here on Big Think already but certainly when you have read some of my other publications, I am an advocate for the […]