LAKEWOOD RANCH -- One of the nation's leading educational theorists, who says intelligence can be measured in ways beyond test scores and standard assessments, comes to the Lakewood Ranch campus of The Out-of-Door Academy next week. Dr. Howard Gardner introduced the theory of multiple intelligences in 1983 and has since applied the concept worldwide and brought its tenets to millions.…
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An assignment to write rap songs on civil rights heroes has enhanced lessons for Scott Sayre's students. It's also led to a recording experience. [Source: LA Times]
Moral Conclusion For the moment Rosenthal will venture only one conclusion of a prescriptive nature from his decades of research: "Superb teachers can teach the "unteachable"; we know that. So, what I think this research shows is that there's a moral obligation for a teacher: if the teacher knows that certain students can't learn, that teacher should get out of…
Professor Howard Gardner is at it again, never ceasing to create innovative approaches to traditional conceptions of thinking and learning. His groundbreaking theory of multiple intelligences spawned a re-evaluation of school curricula, highlighting the importance of including the arts and culture in mainstream learning. Recently, at the annual conference of the National Association of Laboratory Schools (NALS), co-hosted by the…
The Gift of Language by Theodore Dalrymple No, Dr. Pinker, it’s not just from nature. Source: The City Journal [New York -USA]
How Do You Measure People Skills? The elusive landscape of social intelligence. By Paul Harris [Source: Slate Magazine]
From the Manila Standard: The April 12 agreement, which will seek to instill among school children the positive Filipino values of pagkamasinop, pagkamatipid, pag-iimpok, and pagkakaisa, will put on stream two components of the project. The first is to develop for the elementary schoolteachers teaching guides that will inform them about basic financial and economic concepts relating to savings. The…