The Learning Revolution - Table of Contents

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.Preface
An invitation from China to the rest of the world	16
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Introduction (Read Chapter)
History's newest revolution: the power to change your life	19
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.1 The future (Read Chapter)	37
The 16 major trends that will shape tomorrow's world
1. The age of instant communication	39
2. A world without economic borders	49
3. Four leaps to a one-world economy	51
4. Internet commerce and learning	57
5. The new service society	59
6. The marriage of big and small	61
7. The new age of leisure	65
8. The changing shape of work	67
9. Women in leadership	69
10. Your amazing brain rediscovered	73
11. Cultural nationalism	73
12. The growing underclass	75
13. The active aging of the population	77
14. The new do-it-yourself boom	79
15. Cooperative enterprise	81
16. The triumph of the individual	83
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.2 Why not the best?(Read Chapter)
The 13 steps needed for a 21st century learning society
1. The new role of electronic communications	91
2. Learn computers and the Internet	95
3. Dramatic improvement needed in parent-education	95
4. Early childhood health-service priorities	95
5. Early childhood development programs	97
6. You can catch up at any stage	97
7. Catering to every individual learning style	99
8. Learning how to learn and learning how to think	99
9. Just what should be taught at school?	101
10. Learning on four levels	107
11. A threefold purpose for study	109
12. Just where should we teach?	109
13. Keep the mind open, the communication clear	109
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.3 Meet your amazing brain (Read Chapter)	113
You're the owner of the world's most powerful computer
Your four brains in one	115
Neurons, dendrites, glial cells and insulating system	119
Your many different Intelligence centers	121
The two sides of your brain	125
How your brain stores information	131
Your four separate wavelengths	135
Your brain runs on oxygen and nutrients	135
Simple tips on brain food	139
Your emotional intelligence is vital	141
The body and mind as one	143
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.4 A do-it-yourself guide(Read Chapter)	145
The first 20 steps to learn anything much faster, better and more easily
1. Start with the lessons from sports	145
2. Dare to dream - and imagine your future	149
3. Set a specific goal-and set deadlines	149
4. Get an enthusiastic mentor - fast	149
5. Start with the big picture first	151
6. Ask!	153
7. Seek out the main principle	155
8. Find three best books by practical achievers	155
9. Relearn how to read - faster, better, more easily	157
10. Reinforce with pictures and sound	161
11. Learn by doing	163
12. Draw Mind Maps instead of taking linear notes	165
13. Easy ways to retrieve what you've learned	167
14. Learn the art of relaxed alertness	169
15. Practice, practice, practice	173
16. Review and reflect	173
17. Use linking tools as memory pegs	173
18. Have fun, play games	175
19. Teach others	177
20. Take an accelerated learning course	177
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