Campus Book 2016-2017: The Courage to Teach (Faculty) & The Mind at Work (All)

The Mind at Work - Mike Ross

 ISBN: 0143035576

 Publication Date: 2014

 This revelatory look at professional life demolishes the notion that people who work with their hands make up a  less intelligent class. Rose, a longtime educator, shows us waitresses making lightning-fast calculations,  carpenters handling complex spatial mathemat­ics, and hairdressers, plumbers, and electricians exercising  aesthetic and diagnostic acumen. Deftly combining research, interviews, and personal history, Rose explores the  intellectual repertory of everyday workers, highlights the social cost of undervaluing their labor, and ignites an important conversation—one that has the power to shape public and educational policy.