End the Biggest Educational and Intellectual Blunder in History: A $100,000 Challenge to Our Top Educational LeadersThis book discusses misunderstandings related to the scientific method of creative problem solving and decision-making. The author has conducted extensive research in this field for more than 15 years and shows that the misunderstandings have created great harms in the educational field and in most other fields. This book will be important reading for all those interested in better education, better thinking, and a better society. |
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... practical use mean more jobs , higher wages , shorter hours , more abundant crops , more leisure for recreation , for study , for learning how to live with- out the deadening drudgery which has been the burden of the common man for ages ...
... practical use mean more jobs , higher wages , shorter hours , more abundant crops , more leisure for recreation , for study , for learning how to live with- out the deadening drudgery which has been the burden of the common man for ages ...
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... practical recommenda- tions to end the blunder and improve education . An outline of the blunder appears on the next page . Please review it for an extraordinary tale of woeful blundering . Then read on . The Biggest Educational and ...
... practical recommenda- tions to end the blunder and improve education . An outline of the blunder appears on the next page . Please review it for an extraordinary tale of woeful blundering . Then read on . The Biggest Educational and ...
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... practical experience , an open mind , and the motivation to make the world a better place to live . " What's in it for You ? " Shortly after I issued my first booklets , I received a telephone call from an individual who was disturbed ...
... practical experience , an open mind , and the motivation to make the world a better place to live . " What's in it for You ? " Shortly after I issued my first booklets , I received a telephone call from an individual who was disturbed ...
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... practical experiences of craftsmen and others , and the thinking and experimenting of various people , thus building and accumulating what eventually became a body of knowledge . But real progress was slow because a method for producing ...
... practical experiences of craftsmen and others , and the thinking and experimenting of various people , thus building and accumulating what eventually became a body of knowledge . But real progress was slow because a method for producing ...
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... practical , everyday activities that help prepare us for a life of solving problems and making decisions . In both school and daily life , we learn to some extent how to think , to reason , and to imagine , which also helps our problem ...
... practical , everyday activities that help prepare us for a life of solving problems and making decisions . In both school and daily life , we learn to some extent how to think , to reason , and to imagine , which also helps our problem ...
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