Awakening Your Child's Natural Genius
brajesh kumar
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Students begin to understand how they are intelligent.
In Gardner's view, learning is both a social and
psychological process. When students understand the
balance of their own multiple intelligences they begin
* To manage their own learning
* To value their individual strengths
Teachers understand how students are intelligent as
well as how intelligent they are. Knowing which
students have the potential for strong interpersonal
intelligence, for example, will help you create
opportunities where the strength can be fostered in
others. However, multiple intelligence theory is not
intended to provide teachers with new IQ-like labels
for their students.
Students approach understanding from different angles.
The problem, "What is sand?" has scientific, poetic,
artistic, musical, and geographic points of entry.
Students that exhibit comprehension through rubrics5,
portfolios6, or demonstrations come to have an
authentic understanding of achievement. The
accomplishment of the lawyer is in winning her case
through research and persuasive argument, more than in
having passed the bar exam.
5. 6.
Students become balanced individuals who can function
as members of their culture. Classroom activities that
teach to the intelligences foster deep understanding
about the essential questions of life, such as: Where
do we come from? What's the world made of? What have
humans achieved? What can we achieve? How does one
lead a good life?
How can applying M.I. theory help students learn
better?
Students begin to understand how they are intelligent.
In Gardner's view, learning is both a social and
psychological process. When students understand the
balance of their own multiple intelligences they begin
* To manage their own learning
* To value their individual strengths
Teachers understand how students are intelligent as
well as how intelligent they are. Knowing which
students have the potential for strong interpersonal
intelligence, for example, will help you create
opportunities where the strength can be fostered in
others. However, multiple intelligence theory is not
intended to provide teachers with new IQ-like labels
for their students.
Students approach understanding from different angles.
The problem, "What is sand?" has scientific, poetic,
artistic, musical, and geographic points of entry.
Students that exhibit comprehension through rubrics5,
portfolios6, or demonstrations come to have an
authentic understanding of achievement. The
accomplishment of the lawyer is in winning her case
through research and persuasive argument, more than in
having passed the bar exam.
5. 6.
Students become balanced individuals who can function
as members of their culture. Classroom activities that
teach to the intelligences foster deep understanding
about the essential questions of life, such as: Where
do we come from? What's the world made of? What have
humans achieved? What can we achieve? How does one
lead a good life?
Students will be able to demonstrate and share their
strengths. Building strengths gives a student the
motivation to be a "specialist." This can in turn lead
to increased self-esteem.
5Benefit
When you "teach for understanding," your students
accumulate positive educational experiences and the
capability for creating solutions to problems in life.
BRAJESH
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