Concluding Questions

{ March 11, 2009 @ 1:24 pm } · { Whole Book }
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  1. How would you summarize Pink’s book in one sentence? 
  2. Which chapter, concept, or suggestion left the deepest impression on you?

  3. Was there any area of this book you disagreed with? Why?
  4.  Has A Whole New Mind changed the way you believe about something?

  5. Based on what you’ve read, what is one changed you’d make in your classroom or school

  7. and why?
  8. Do you think Pink’s book has ideas whose time has come, or are we as a society and individuals not ready to embrace them just yet?

Meaning Four

{ March 11, 2009 @ 1:10 pm } · { Meaning }
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On a scale of 1-10 (1 being the lowest) rate yourself in each of Pink’s six areas (Design, Story, Symphony, Empathy, Play, Meaning).

Which are your strongest areas? Which are your weakest areas?

 

Meaning Three

{ March 11, 2009 @ 1:07 pm } · { Meaning }
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Compare / contrast Pink

 

’s 6 areas (Design, StoCompare and contrast Pink’s six areas (Design, Story, Symphony, Empathy, Play, Meaning) with Howard Gardner’s Theory of Multiple Intelligences (verbal / linguistic; logical-mathematical; musical; bodily-kinesthetic; spatial; interpersonal; intrapersonal; and a newer intelligence added to the theory in 1999 – naturalistic).

Meaning Two

{ March 11, 2009 @ 1:03 pm } · { Meaning }
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Do you have a day of the week for rest? What is it (or would it be) like?

Meaning One

{ March 11, 2009 @ 1:01 pm } · { Meaning }
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Would you do what you are doing now if you had $20 million or only 10 years to live? What would you do instead?

 

Play Four

{ March 11, 2009 @ 12:54 pm } · { Play }
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On a scale of 1-10 (1 being the lowest) rate yourself in each of Pink’s six areas (Design, Story, Symphony, Empathy, Play, Meaning).

Which are your strongest areas? Which are your weakest areas?

 

Play Three

{ March 11, 2009 @ 12:53 pm } · { Play }
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As a youngster and now as an adult, what games did / do you play? What have you learned from them?

Have you watched kids play at recess? What do you notice?

 

Play Two

{ March 11, 2009 @ 12:52 pm } · { Play }
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Think about BCE.  How could it benefit from implementing Design, Story, Symphony, Empathy, Play, and Meaning?  What would that do to teaching and learning for teachers?  What would that do for teaching and learning for students?

Play One

{ March 11, 2009 @ 12:50 pm } · { Play }
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What were your initial reactions to the chapter on play?

Empathy Four

{ March 11, 2009 @ 12:47 pm } · { Empathy }
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On ascale of 1-10 (1 being the lowest) rate yourself in each of Pink’s six areas (Design, Story, Symphony, Empathy, Play, Meaning).  What are your strongest areas?  What are your weakest?

Give this questions some thought.  Each person may need time to think and write down their rating.  You do not have to reveal your ratings, but discuss insights from thinking this way.

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