Three... High Concept, High Touch

On reading this chapter the first thought that came to mind is a relationship between Pinks graph of moving from the Agriculture Age to the Conceptual Age and Bloom’s Taxonomy of questioning. As teachers of the arts we must help our students become ready for this “Conceptual Age” by both what we teach and how we make them think through our questioning.

Upon further research I found that even Alan Greenspan the former chairman of the Federal Reserve recognized the need for conceptual workers. In a speech Greenspan gave in 1997 at the University of Connecticut he spoke of “workers who are equipped not simply with technical know-how, but with the ability to create, analyze, and transform information and to interact effectively with others.”

Sounds to me that we in the education business need to focus more on EQ rather than IQ. Imagine a school where the school psychologist test children for their EQ and recommend more classes in the arts.