Home » Resources » Scholarship on Teaching » Now You See It: How the Brain Science of Attention Will Transform the Way We Live, Work, and Learn
Scholarship
March 29, 2017
Now You See It: How the Brain Science of Attention Will Transform the Way We Live, Work, and Learn
- Author
- Davidson, Cathy N.
- Publisher
- Penguin Group, London, England
- ISBN
- 9780670022823
- Table of Contents
-
Introduction - I'll Count -- You Take Care of the Gorilla
Part One - Distraction and Difference: The Keys to Attention and the Changing Brain
ch. 1 Learning from the Distraction Experts
ch. 2 Learning Ourselves
Part Two - The Kids Are All Right
ch. 3 Project Classroom Makeover
ch. 4 How We Measure
ch. 5 The Epic Win
Part Three - Work in the Future
ch. 6 The Changing Workplace
ch. 7 The Changing Worker
Part Four - The Brain You Change Yourself
ch. 8 You, Too, Can Program Your VCR (and Probably Should)
Conclusion - Now You See It
Acknowledgments
Appendix - Twenty-first-Century Literacies -- a Checklist
Notes
Index
When Cathy Davidson and Duke University gave free iPods to the freshman class in 2003, critics said they were wasting their money. Yet when students in practically every discipline invented academic uses for their music players, suddenly the idea could be seen in a new light-as an innovative way to turn learning on its head.
This radical experiment is at the heart of Davidson's inspiring new book. Using cutting-edge research on the brain, she shows how "attention blindness" has produced one of our society's greatest challenges: while we've all acknowledged the great changes of the digital age, most of us still toil in schools and workplaces designed for the last century. Davidson introduces us to visionaries whose groundbreaking ideas-from schools with curriculums built around video games to companies that train workers using virtual environments-will open the doors to new ways of working and learning. A lively hybrid of Thomas Friedman and Norman Doidge, Now You See It is a refreshingly optimistic argument for a bold embrace of our connected, collaborative future. (From the Publisher)
This radical experiment is at the heart of Davidson's inspiring new book. Using cutting-edge research on the brain, she shows how "attention blindness" has produced one of our society's greatest challenges: while we've all acknowledged the great changes of the digital age, most of us still toil in schools and workplaces designed for the last century. Davidson introduces us to visionaries whose groundbreaking ideas-from schools with curriculums built around video games to companies that train workers using virtual environments-will open the doors to new ways of working and learning. A lively hybrid of Thomas Friedman and Norman Doidge, Now You See It is a refreshingly optimistic argument for a bold embrace of our connected, collaborative future. (From the Publisher)