Tuesday, January 14, 2014

Reading Sheena Iyengar’s The Art of Choosing

This semester, one of our reading groups will cover Sheena Iyengar’s The Art of Choosing. In addition, another group will focus on Ta-Nehisi Coates's The Beautiful Struggle, and another group will cover select writings by Emily Nussbaum and Alyssa Rosenberg. 

The reading schedule 
The Art & Science of Making Choices - Chapter 1 (January 29)
Choice & the Influence of Cultural Background - Chapter 2 (February 5)
Songs of Ourselves - Chapter 3  (February 12)
Reflections  (February 19)
Choice Contexts & Informed Intuition - Chapter 4 (February 26)
Values and Choice - Chapter 5 (March 5)
• Spring break (March 10 – 14)
Zeroing in on Choices  - Chapter 6: pages 177 – 200 (March 19)
Applying the Art of Choosing (reflections) (March 26)
Creativity and Restrictive Choice (April 2)
Choosing with less pressure  - Chapter 7: pages 216 – 236 (April 9)
Limiting Choices - Chapter 7: pages 237 – 255 (April 16)
Choice remains an art – Epilogue (April 23)
Reflections (April 30)

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