Beyond the Tiger Mom: East-West Parenting for the Global Age by Maya Thiagarajan My rating: 4 of 5 stars I definitely share the author’s view that “knowledge is a prerequisite to imagination”. While I’m all for encouraging creativity and innovation, they can’t arise out of a vacuum. One needs a base of knowledge before making…
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Book Review: Fires in the Mind
Fires in the Mind: What Kids Can Tell Us about Motivation and Mastery by Kathleen Cushman My rating: 4 of 5 stars I liked it for the insights into effective learning presented from the students’ point of view. I managed to find new ideas and rediscover nuggets of information that can probably help me frame…