

Ogas is a neuroscientist and Director of the Dark Horse Project in the Laboratory for the Science of Individuality. Ross is the Director of the Mind, Brain, & Education program, and leads the Laboratory for the Science of Individuality at Harvard Graduate School of Education. I read Dark Horse first and after subsequently reading Range decided to combine the two books in this review given their complementary focuses as well as the fact that Range includes a chapter on Dark Horse.ĭark Horse: Achieving Success Through the Pursuit of Fulfillment is written by Todd Rose and Ogi Ogas. Thus, I read these two books through that lens, but also through the lens of someone who uses case analyses to close the gap between education and real-world practice has taught both full-time and part-time in graduate program and has been a mentor for a decade now.

The research aimed at identifying what experts “do” (i.e., how they think, what they notice, their ability to anticipate and make decisions, etc.) particularly under stress when compared to novices. Anders Ericsson, David Eccles, and Paul Ward exploring expert performance in SWAT police officers and critical care nurses. Lauren Tashman, CMPC, Align Performance, LLCĭuring my PhD at Florida State University, I was extremely fortunate to serve as a research assistant under the direction of Drs. AASP Newsletter - May 2020 Book Reviews: Dark Horse - Achieving Success Through the Pursuit of Fulfillment and Range - Why Generalists Triumph in a Specialized Worldĭr.
