The book, Five Minds for the
Future is an
exciting literature of the collection of
thoughts of the renowned author
Howard Gardner. It is a fascinating presentation of
the author's foresight about the human thought process required to sustain in the
competitive society. It is a meticulous attempt to organize
the human thought process into a pattern that capitalizes the potential of the brain to the
extent possible.
The book puts forth the desirable human behavior of brain/thought process that
promises wonderful results As the title of the book
suggests, the author classifies the minds into five types
in accordance with their thought processes.While unveiling the disciplined mind, Gardner comments that the people in general do not
learn to think in a disciplined manner. The
chapter explains the significance of disciplined
thinking, and points towards the lack of it among most of
the professionals. While emphasizing on the disciplined thinking, Gardner attempts
to eradicate the erroneous or unproductive ways of thinking and introduce the element of
discipline into thinking. Gardner defines
disciplined thinking as a radically different phenomenon.
The chapter reveals the art of disciplining a mind. Gardner indicates towards the
proactive and voluntary gestures by the individuals
than being spoon-fed by the advocates of
knowledge. This may remind one of the differences
between `mere thinking' and `thinking about
thinking' brought out well by the creativity expert,
Edward De Bono. The author suggests that the
disciplined mind can absorb more learning than others.
He suggests that one of the effective ways, which certainly proves quite advantageous many a
time, is to approach a topic/concept in several ways
like stories, logical expositions, humor,
dialogue, graphic depiction, etc. |
