I watched a TED/U-tube video the other day of Dan Siegel talking about his idea of Mindsight. Whilst it wasn't up to the best of TED talks (so didn't get added to the other neuroscience links on my main website) I did like his basic idea that schools should change their focus.
Dan's argument is that they spend too much on the three R's of Reading, wRiting and aRithmetic - a purely rational focus. And not enough time on the other three R's - Reflection, Relationship and Resilience. If schools were really training people for life - or indeed future leadership roles - these latter three would be central to the curriculum.
