Five Minds For the future By howard gardner Nora El-bilawi Sarah Thomas Theresa Wills

Warm-Up Leaders, some brain and optical illusions?! Synthesize..

The "illusion" is that this is just a picture of coffee beans; but it is not. Can you find a man's face among the beans? Some say that if you find the man in 3 seconds or less, the right half of your brain may be more well developed than most. PS: This is not a trick. A man's face is really hidden among the beans.

How many legs does this elephant have?

skull? Or a woman looking into a vanity mirror?

Are you Ready for the future!? Video

Introduction to Gardner’s Five Minds For the Future

This is a video of Gardner giving a presentation and explaining his view of his proposed five minds: hapter_01 hapter_01 from #4-#13

Group Activities

Activity 1 open sort

Closed sort Image Sorting (Create!) Distributed are sorting cards of a created image of gardner’s five minds, within your group, work on putting the sorting cards in order to come up with the correct definitions of each mind and its functions.

the 21st century learner

break!!

Yet another captivating, brief review of the five minds! A disciplined mind: one that has mastered at least one way of thinking A synthesizing mind: takes information from disparate sources and analyzes it A creating mind: breaks new ground A respectful mind: notes and welcomes differences between humans and groups An ethical mind: ponders the nature of one’s work and the needs of the society

Wiki formation activity 2 (find the five minds!)

Scenarios activity 3 (Role plays of the five minds!) Instructions: For each scenario, we need the specified number of volunteers to improvised a given situation, making use of the five minds that Gardner discussed. Each improvisation is to be heavily based on one specific mind, however, participants are strongly encouraged to utilize more than one mind in their performance. Audience members will then discuss how the minds were portrayed.

Previous leadership themes In our previous readings, we have learned about a variety of leadership strategies: Machiavelli’s totalitarianism Hanh’s urging to live by the five virtues Fullan’s business-oriented model of leadership Wheatley’s quantum model of leadership

So, what is the relationship between those themes and Gardner’s five minds? (Closing discussions) In your groups, please take 10 minutes, and use your synthesizing and disciplined minds to discuss and answer the following: When it comes to leadership, why are the five minds important? Analyze each mind with your group to find out how they are linked to our previous readings. Now, Draw a linking picture to add to the “story-lines,” from previous presentations, at the back of the room.

Questions and/or comments!?