Why I care that 'Temple Grandin' won big at Emmys

I have not had an opportunity to see the HBO film starring Claire Danes, but I have listened to Dr. Grandin's book, Thinking in Pictures, and found it to be fascinating. I highly recommend it. I learned a lot about myself--how I am similar and different from others, for instance--and about cognitive functions in general as I listened to her story. Perhaps the movie is just as enlightening. Here's a link describing the Emmy win: 'Temple Grandin' wins big at Emmys. But who is she? | EW.com

What can a designer teach an educator?

Fred Brooks. Never heard of him. But I just read this interview in Wired magazine, Master Planner: Fred Brooks Shows How to Design Anything, and I found his thinking to be fascinating. Here's a few snippets that caught my attention:

• "You can learn more from failure than success."
• "Great design does not come from great processes; it comes from great designers."
• "The critical thing about the design process is to identify your scarcest resource. Despite what you may think, that very often is not money. For example, in a NASA moon shot, money is abundant but lightness is scarce; every ounce of weight requires tons of material below. On the design of a beach vacation home, the limitation may be your ocean-front footage. You have to make sure your whole team understands what scarce resource you’re optimizing."

It seems to me that every one of those quotes has something to say about learning and/or education. With the exception of the first quote, I just don't know what it is yet. How might they translate into my world?

Great education does not come from great __________; it comes from great ________. What should go in those blanks? Processes, Learners? Teachers, Learners? Answers, Questions? Schools, Experiences?