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Human Accomplishment

Author : Charles Murray
Publisher : Harper Collins
ISBN 13 : 0061745677
Total Pages : 790 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (617 download)

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Download or read book Human Accomplishment written by Charles Murray and published by Harper Collins. This book was released on 2009-10-13 with total page 790 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A sweeping cultural survey reminiscent of Barzun's From Dawn to Decadence. "At irregular times and in scattered settings, human beings have achieved great things. Human Accomplishment is about those great things, falling in the domains known as the arts and sciences, and the people who did them.' So begins Charles Murray's unique account of human excellence, from the age of Homer to our own time. Employing techniques that historians have developed over the last century but that have rarely been applied to books written for the general public, Murray compiles inventories of the people who have been essential to the stories of literature, music, art, philosophy, and the sciences—a total of 4,002 men and women from around the world, ranked according to their eminence. The heart of Human Accomplishment is a series of enthralling descriptive chapters: on the giants in the arts and what sets them apart from the merely great; on the differences between great achievement in the arts and in the sciences; on the meta-inventions, 14 crucial leaps in human capacity to create great art and science; and on the patterns and trajectories of accomplishment across time and geography. Straightforwardly and undogmatically, Charles Murray takes on some controversial questions. Why has accomplishment been so concentrated in Europe? Among men? Since 1400? He presents evidence that the rate of great accomplishment has been declining in the last century, asks what it means, and offers a rich framework for thinking about the conditions under which the human spirit has expressed itself most gloriously. Eye-opening and humbling, Human Accomplishment is a fascinating work that describes what humans at their best can achieve, provides tools for exploring its wellsprings, and celebrates the continuing common quest of humans everywhere to discover truths, create beauty, and apprehend the good.

Excellence in Art Education

Author : Ralph Alexander Smith
Publisher : National Art Education Association (NAEA)
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 162 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Excellence in Art Education written by Ralph Alexander Smith and published by National Art Education Association (NAEA). This book was released on 1987 with total page 162 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Published on "behalf of the Members of the NAEA Committee on Excellence in Art Education".

Images of Excellence

Author : Christopher Janaway
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0198240074
Total Pages : 237 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (982 download)

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Download or read book Images of Excellence written by Christopher Janaway and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 1995 with total page 237 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Plato was the first great figure in Western philosophy to assess the value of the arts; he famously argued in the Republic that traditionally accepted forms of poetry, drama, and music are unsound, claiming they are conducive to warped ethical standards, detrimental to the psyche, andpurveyors of illusions about important matters in human life. This view has been widely rejected; but Christopher Janaway here argues that Plato's hostile case is a more coherent and profound challenge to the arts than has sometimes been supposed.Denying that Plato advocates `good art' in any modern sense, Dr Janaway seeks both to understand Plato's critique in the context of his own philosophy and to locate him in today's philosophy of art, showing how issues in aesthetics arise from responses to his charges. Plato's questions about beauty,emotion, representation, ethical knowledge, artistic autonomy, and censorship are of contemporary relevance as formerly secure assumptions about the value of art and the aesthetic come under scrutiny.Images of Excellence gives a new and original view of a famous issue in the history of philosophy; it is written not only for readers working in ancient philosophy, but for all who are interested in aesthetics, art theory, and literary theory.

The Art of Social Excellence

Author : Henrik Fexeus
Publisher : Macmillan + ORM
ISBN 13 : 1250237580
Total Pages : 244 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (52 download)

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Download or read book The Art of Social Excellence written by Henrik Fexeus and published by Macmillan + ORM. This book was released on 2020-11-03 with total page 244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this follow-up to The Art of Reading Minds, Henrik Fexeus uses his expert psychology knowledge to teach the reader how to hone their social skills, perfect for fans of Dale Carnegie. Research has increasingly shown that nonverbal communication prowess is absolutely essential in seemingly unrelated areas of our lives (investment decisions, salary levels, etc.) However, as our society becomes more modernized and we incorporate new forms of technology into our daily interactions, we are becoming less and less capable of understanding one another as we should. In The Art of Social Excellence, Henrik Fexeus combines his own expert knowledge as a mentalist with psychology studies to create a complete guide to social interaction. He covers it all: from overcoming your conversational fears in a large group of people, to excelling in the workplace, to winning an argument with your partner. He breaks down various rhetorical strategies in detail, and provides helpful steps and checklists for the reader to check their progress in a social encounter. Anyone who has ever felt awkward or misunderstood in social situations will benefit from reading this book, and with proper implementation of Fexeus's principles, can achieve superior social skills.

Producing Excellence

Author : Izabela Wagner
Publisher : Rutgers University Press
ISBN 13 : 0813575338
Total Pages : 371 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (135 download)

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Download or read book Producing Excellence written by Izabela Wagner and published by Rutgers University Press. This book was released on 2015-09-25 with total page 371 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Driven by a passion for music, for excellence, and for fame, violin soloists are immersed from early childhood in high-pressure competitions, regular public appearances, and arduous daily practice. An in-depth study of nearly one hundred such children, Producing Excellence illuminates the process these young violinists undergo to become elite international soloists. A musician and a parent of a young violinist, sociologist Izabela Wagner offers an inside look at how her young subjects set out on the long road to becoming a soloist. The remarkable research she conducted—at rehearsals, lessons, and in other educational settings—enabled her to gain deep insight into what distinguishes these talented prodigies and their training. She notes, for instance, the importance of a family culture steeped in the values of the musical world. Indeed, more than half of these students come from a family of professional musicians and were raised in an atmosphere marked by the importance of instrumental practice, the vitality of music as a vocation, and especially the veneration of famous artists. Wagner also highlights the highly structured, rigorous training system of identifying, nurturing, and rewarding talent, even as she underscores the social, economic, and cultural factors that make success in this system possible. Offering an intimate portrait of the students, their parents, and their instructors, Producing Excellence sheds new light on the development of exceptional musical talent, as well as draw much larger conclusions as to “producing prodigy” in other competition-prone areas, such as sports, sciences, the professions, and other arts. Wagner’s insights make this book valuable for academics interested in the study of occupations, and her clear, lively writing is perfect for general readers curious about the ins and outs of training to be a violin soloist.

Cultivating Excellence

Author : Darryl Cross
Publisher : Greenleaf Book Group
ISBN 13 : 1632991365
Total Pages : 302 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (329 download)

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Download or read book Cultivating Excellence written by Darryl Cross and published by Greenleaf Book Group. This book was released on 2017-05-16 with total page 302 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Why and how do world-class leaders and great performers consistently beat their competition? They realize they cannot go it alone. They use teams and coaches to amplify their results. Many performers who have already surmounted exceptional tests and challenges and have succeeded in business, sports, the military, or the arts well beyond their peers think performance is only up to the individual. Many become frustrated when hours of hard work, years of experience, and expensive educations don’t lead them to the top of their domain. They are already among the best, but they want to be the best. The elite realize there is only so much they can do on their own to achieve that status. They understand they need coaches, colleagues, and competitors to provide the collaboration and competition that serves as a constant push to keep forward momentum going toward attaining that next level. In Cultivating Excellence, Darryl Cross uses thirty years of experience to show top performers that the key to continued enhancement of performance and success is an exceptional coach and team. They guide the elite performers to see situations and challenges in new ways (art), to perfect their craft to the nth degree (science), and to commit to deliberate practice that eliminates performance gaps (grit) and puts the summit within reach.

The Artful Manager

Author : E. Andrew Taylor
Publisher : Arts Axis LLC
ISBN 13 : 9781736858509
Total Pages : 212 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (585 download)

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Download or read book The Artful Manager written by E. Andrew Taylor and published by Arts Axis LLC. This book was released on 2021-05-19 with total page 212 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What if we fundamentally misunderstood what it meant to run arts organizations "like a business"? What if our management metaphors actually contribute to the problems we hope they will solve? In these 50 "field notes" from his first quarter century of teaching, research, and consulting in arts and cultural management, E. Andrew Taylor reframes and reimagines the ways we think and work in the arts. "Andrew Taylor has an uncanny ability to find the small things that make a big difference and provokes his large readership to think outside their own areas of expertise. Doubtful there is anyone blogging on the arts who is more respected and beloved." Barry Hessenius

Primary Arts of Language: Reading-Writing Premier Package

Author : Jill Pike
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781623413507
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (135 download)

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Download or read book Primary Arts of Language: Reading-Writing Premier Package written by Jill Pike and published by . This book was released on 2011 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Art of Learning

Author : Josh Waitzkin
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 0743277465
Total Pages : 291 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (432 download)

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Download or read book The Art of Learning written by Josh Waitzkin and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2008-05-27 with total page 291 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An eight-time national chess champion and world champion martial artist shares the lessons he has learned from two very different competitive arenas, identifying key principles about learning and performance that readers can apply to their life goals. Reprint. 35,000 first printing.

Achieving Great Art for Everyone

Author : Art Council England
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780728714939
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (149 download)

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Download or read book Achieving Great Art for Everyone written by Art Council England and published by . This book was released on 2010 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Road To Excellence

Author : K. Anders Ericsson
Publisher : Psychology Press
ISBN 13 : 1317779053
Total Pages : 414 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (177 download)

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Download or read book The Road To Excellence written by K. Anders Ericsson and published by Psychology Press. This book was released on 2014-03-05 with total page 414 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excellence and the highest levels of performance in the arts and sciences, sports, and games have always been an object of fascination to both scientists and lay people. Only during the last 20 years have scientists studied these levels of performance in the laboratory in order to identify their mediating mechanisms. Contrary to the common belief that innate talents are the critical factors for exceptional performance, investigators have found that acquired skills, knowledge, and physiological adaptations in response to intense practice are the primary mechanisms, mediating the highest levels of performance. This is the first and only book to examine how elite performers effect their exceptional accomplishments. The world's leading researchers on expert performance and creative achievement review theories and recent findings from many different domains of expertise on how experts optimize improvement in their performance and eventually attain excellence. Elite performers are shown to have engaged in deliberate-practice activities specifically designed to improve their performance from an early age. By age 20 they have often accumulated over 10,000 hours of practice! The essential elements of deliberate practice, such as specific goals to improve performance, successive refinement through repetition, feedback and instruction, are explicated for different domains. Although the content of practice tasks will necessarily differ from domain to domain, investigators have found invariant characteristics for the optimal duration of practice sessions, maximal amounts of daily practice, the length of intense preparation (around 10 years), and ages of peak performance. Some of the book's chapters extend the review to the acquisition of everyday-life skills such as reading, to the performance of teams of experts, and to the development of creative achievement, geniuses, and artistic child prodigies. The book concludes with commentaries by several outstanding scientists in psychology, education, and history of science who discuss the generalizability of presented ideas and raise issues for future issues. EXTRA COPY...It could be said that striving for excellence is what characterizes humanity, or perhaps what characterizes humanity at its best. Why do so few individuals ever reach the highest levels when so many start out on the Road to Excellence? In this book, the world's foremost researchers of expert performance in domains as diverse as sports, medicine, chess, and the arts explore the similarities and differences in the extended and strenuous Road to Excellence taken by the successful individuals in each domain. Their findings will intrigue and inspire readers who are themselves driven to achieve or who simply want to better understand the processes involved.

Engage Now!

Author : Doug Borwick
Publisher : ArtsEngaged
ISBN 13 : 9780972780438
Total Pages : 246 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (84 download)

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Download or read book Engage Now! written by Doug Borwick and published by ArtsEngaged. This book was released on 2015-04-25 with total page 246 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Arts organizations cannot long survive without earning impassioned support from the communities they serve. Communities cannot reach their full potential without the benefits the arts can provide. ---------- For some, the arts as indispensable is a preposterous idea, yet nearly every stakeholder in the industry believes the arts' value to be unquestionable. That gap accounts for most of the challenges arts organizations face. As long as the arts are seen as an amenity (at best), they will struggle in a world that only has time for that which is necessary. "Mere" relevance will not suffice. To compete in the marketplace of public value the required standard is indispensability. Engage Now! is a "how to" manual for the arts organization seeking to become invaluable. ---------- Engage Now! is a "how to" manual for the arts organization seeking to become invaluable. It Presents basic principles and practices of effective community engagement, Provides guidance for achieving systemic focus on engagement, and Outlines a process for becoming a universally recognized community asset. This book is intended for anyone with a vested interest in the arts. Since the arts are essential for healthy individuals and healthy communities, it is for everyone. However, far too few people are aware of their "vested interest." That makes Engage Now! important for us all. ---------- TABLE OF CONTENTS Part I: The Mission of Arts Organizations Chapter One: Systemic Challenges and Internal Issues Chapter Two: What Is the Arts Business? Chapter Three: The Way Forward: New Understanding of Mission Part II: A Community Engagement Primer Chapter Four: Engagement Essentials The Practice of Engagement Chapter Five: The Engagement Process: Principles and Practice Chapter Six: Engaged Arts: Organizations Chapter Seven: Engaged Arts: Artists (Entrepreneurship Chapter Eight: The Engagement Process: An Operational Blueprint A Benediction: It's Not Easy Conclusion ---------- What they're saying: "A playbook for arts organizations to become as indispensable as the corner store" Jamie Bennett, Executive Director, ArtPlace America "An eloquent and persuasive voice in a global conversation about the power of the arts to transform our society" Simon Brault, author, No Culture, No Future Director and CEO, Canada Council for the Arts "Great advice about engaging more of the population, growing your organization and increasing opportunity for successful operations and artistic expression" Janet Brown, President & CEO Grantmakers in the Arts "Inspiring advice about how the arts sector can play a more powerful role in the public life of our communities" Ra Joy, Executive Director, Arts Alliance Illinois "A distinctively valuable guide for how to integrate arts management and community development" Jonathan Katz, former CEO, National Assembly of State Arts Agencies "Borwick probes arts organizations to evaluate their relationship with their community and provides action steps to building a stronger, more sustainable connection with the people [we] serve." Robert Lynch, President & CEO, Americans for the Arts "A guiding light for nonprofit arts organizations seeking to be relevant, responsive, and indispensable to the communities we exist to benefit" Josephine Ramirez, Arts Program Director, James Irvine Foundation "Borwick leaves no question unasked, proving why he is the authority on community engagement work" Alan Salzenstein, President, Association of Arts Administration Educators and Professor of Performing Arts Management/Arts Leadership, DePaul University "A clear guide to taking on the necessary efforts to broaden our missions, serve our communities and increase the impact of the arts" Marc A. Scorca, President & CEO, OPERA America"

Slow Looking

Author : Shari Tishman
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1315283794
Total Pages : 166 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (152 download)

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Download or read book Slow Looking written by Shari Tishman and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2017-10-12 with total page 166 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Slow Looking provides a robust argument for the importance of slow looking in learning environments both general and specialized, formal and informal, and its connection to major concepts in teaching, learning, and knowledge. A museum-originated practice increasingly seen as holding wide educational benefits, slow looking contends that patient, immersive attention to content can produce active cognitive opportunities for meaning-making and critical thinking that may not be possible though high-speed means of information delivery. Addressing the multi-disciplinary applications of this purposeful behavioral practice, this book draws examples from the visual arts, literature, science, and everyday life, using original, real-world scenarios to illustrate the complexities and rewards of slow looking.

Standard of Excellence

Author : Bruce Pearson
Publisher : Neil a Kjos Music Company
ISBN 13 : 9780849759789
Total Pages : 48 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (597 download)

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Download or read book Standard of Excellence written by Bruce Pearson and published by Neil a Kjos Music Company. This book was released on 1996-08-01 with total page 48 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Quest for Excellence

Author : Dustin Gish
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN 13 : 0761868135
Total Pages : 220 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (618 download)

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Download or read book The Quest for Excellence written by Dustin Gish and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2016-08-25 with total page 220 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Liberal education aspires to excellence through the cultivation of free human beings who excel in thought, word, and deed. But what exactly is excellence, and why do we admire it? How do we conceive of what is excellent? What constitutes excellence—either for human beings, or in the realms of philosophy, literature, science, and politics? Why is excellence an aim of liberal education? What kinds of texts, courses, and inquiries contribute to achieving this end? Such questions animate the studies herein. The essays in this volume reflect on the idea of excellence embedded within core texts, as well as how such texts influence and ennoble higher education. In its chapters, we consider rival forms of excellence from ancient Greece and Rome, through modern Europe and America, and beyond. The world of antiquity and its accounts of excellence, as represented in the works of Euripides, Aristotle, Plato, Archimedes, and Cicero, are here brought into dialogue with diverse modern perspectives on excellence, as articulated by Shakespeare, Descartes, Newton, Locke, Rousseau, Kant, Austen, Darwin, Lincoln, Tennyson, and Nietzsche, as well as (more recently) by John Dewey, Martin Luther King Jr., Cardinal Newman, and Eboo Patel. Our desire to seek and understand excellence transcends borders, and the purpose of this volume is to help perpetuate in contemporary higher education the study of core texts essential to the cultivation of excellence in the liberal arts and sciences.

Maker-Centered Learning

Author : Edward P. Clapp
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
ISBN 13 : 1119259703
Total Pages : 262 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (192 download)

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Download or read book Maker-Centered Learning written by Edward P. Clapp and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2016-12-05 with total page 262 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Agency by Design guide to implementing maker-centered teaching and learning Maker-Centered Learning provides both a theoretical framework and practical resources for the educators, curriculum developers, librarians, administrators, and parents navigating this burgeoning field. Written by the expert team from the Agency by Design initiative at Harvard's Project Zero, this book Identifies a set of educational practices and ideas that define maker-centered learning, and introduces the focal concepts of maker empowerment and sensitivity to design. Shares cutting edge research that provides evidence of the benefits of maker-centered learning for students and education as a whole. Presents a clear Project Zero-based framework for maker-centered teaching and learning Includes valuable educator resources that can be applied in a variety of design and maker-centered learning environments Describes unique thinking routines that foster the primary maker capacities of looking closely, exploring complexity, and finding opportunity. A surge of voices from government, industry, and education have argued that, in order to equip the next generation for life and work in the decades ahead, it is vital to support maker-centered learning in various educational environments. Maker-Centered Learning provides insight into what that means, and offers tools and knowledge that can be applied anywhere that learning takes place.

Arts-Based Research in Education

Author : Melisa Cahnmann-Taylor
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1317749650
Total Pages : 273 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (177 download)

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Download or read book Arts-Based Research in Education written by Melisa Cahnmann-Taylor and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-10-08 with total page 273 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This text introduces readers to definitions and examples of arts-based educational research, presents tensions and questions in the field, and provides exercises for practice. It weaves together critical essays about arts-based research in the literary, visual, and performing arts with examples of artistic products of arts-based research (arts for scholarship’s sake) that illuminate by example. Each artistic example is accompanied by a scholARTist’s statement that includes reflection on how the work of art relates to the scholar’s research interests and practices. Arts-Based Research in Education: Foundations for Practice: helps the reader understand what arts-based research is – tracing the history of the field and providing examples; includes end-of-chapter questions to engage students in practicing arts-based inquiry and to generate class discussion about the material; features a diverse range of contributors -- very established scholars in educational and social science research as well those new to the field; represents a variety of voices – scholars of color, queer and straight orientations, different ages, experience, and nationalities; and presents beautiful illustrations of visual art, data-based poems, plays, short stories, and musical scores. First-of its kind, this volume is intended as a text for arts-based inquiry, qualitative research methods in education, and related courses, and as a resource for faculty, doctoral students, and scholars across the field of social science research methods.