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Title: Visual Tools for Constructing Knowledge by David Hyerle ISBN: 0871202662 Publisher: Association for Supervision & Curriculum Development Pub. Date: 15 July, 1996 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $22.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 2
Rating: 1
Summary: Low on content, high on hype
Comment: I was disappointed in this book; much of it is devoted to making vast claims for the transformative effect of using visual representations of thought processes in education, without much in the way of concrete example. As an educational researcher, I did not perceive much in the way of intellectual rigor; as an elementary classroom teacher, I was not consoled for the lack of that rigor by much in the way of useful tools. This could have been a 15-page pamphlet.
Rating: 3
Summary: more suitable for teachers/students, not business readers
Comment: This book is more suitable for teachers and students, and not so suitable for business readers.
It is a relatively good book on visual thinking - more precisely, on the subject of using graphic organisers and concept maps, which can be used to help teachers in guiding their students to shape their understanding of reading materials in schools - and at home.
However, the visual tools introduced in the book cannot be used to cover all kinds of reading materials in schools. For examples, a story grid - which is not covered in the book - would be more appropriate to shape understanding of literature texts; a time line or time series - also not overed - would be more appropriate to track chronological events in history textbooks.
For the businessman, this book can be somewhat boring, although one or two of the tools e.g. cluster and fishbone diagrams, can be used to organise visually one's thoughts or ideas while reading business books.
For bu!siness use, I would strongly recommend Terry Richley's The Marketer's Visual Toolkit (Amacom)and/or Larry Raymond's Reiventing Communication. Both titles offer a very broad range of powerful visual tools for strategic thinking, planning, communication and problem solving. There are gems for the business user.
Even Nancy Margulies' Mapping Inner Space book (which I have also reviewed) is worth exploring.
Nevertheless, this book is still worth reading, especially if you want a deep understanding of why we are 'visual'. Also, David Hyerle's tools and ideas are still useful for the business reader, especially if one is pursuing business management studies e.g. MBA, in the evenings. The visual tools can be useful in that respect, particularly for probing understanding through the text, and taking/making personal notes.
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Title: A Field Guide to Using Visual Tools by David Hyerle ISBN: 0871203677 Publisher: Association for Supervision & Curriculum Development Pub. Date: 2000 List Price(USD): $23.95 |
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Title: The Idea of Design by Victor Margolin, Richard Buchanan ISBN: 0262631660 Publisher: MIT Press Pub. Date: 21 February, 1996 List Price(USD): $24.95 |
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Title: Discovering Design: Explorations in Design Studies by Richard Buchanan, Victor Margolin ISBN: 0226078159 Publisher: University of Chicago Press Pub. Date: 1995 List Price(USD): $16.00 |
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Title: Crediting Poetry: The Nobel Lecture by Seamus Heaney ISBN: 0374131384 Publisher: Farrar Straus & Giroux Pub. Date: 1996 List Price(USD): $12.00 |
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Title: Plato's Phaedrus by Plato, R. Hackforth ISBN: 0521097037 Publisher: Cambridge University Press Pub. Date: 1972 List Price(USD): $22.00 |
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