DIVERSITY AND DISCOVERY INSTITUTE ______________________________
MACEO AND MARITA
RESPONSE:
1. WHAT IS INTELLIGENCE?
INTELLIGENCE CAN BE RELATIVE TO THE OBSERVER....
INTELLIGENCE CAN BE THE ADAPTATION OF IDEAS WITH A PRACTICAL
APPLICATION...
INTELLIGENCE CAN BE THE ABILITY TO SOLVE PROBLEMS!
2. EACH INDIVIDUAL OFFERS A DIFFERENT CONSTELLATION OF "INTELLIGENCES"
eg. SOCIAL SKILLS, MUSICAL ABILITY,PHYSICAL COORDINATION, ABSTRACT
THINKING SKILLS,VERBAL, MECHANICAL, A RTISTIC SKILLS, ETC.
ALTHOUGH NOT ALL OF THESE MAY BE RECOGNIZED IN THE SCHOOL SETTING, EACH
IS VALUABLE AND IT IS IMPORTANT FOR THE TEACHER AND STUDENTS THEMSELVES
TO RECOGNIZE EACH INDIVIDUAL'S STRENGTHS, WORTH TO BUILD OVERALL
SELF-ESTEEM AS WELL AS RESPECT FOR OTHERS.
3. WHAT COUNTS IN SCHOOL?
a. grades
b. attendance
c. cooperation with the Teacher!
4. TRUE. THE INDIVIDUALIZATION OF EDUCATION IS IDEAL; IT IS NOT THE NORM
(EXCEPT IN SPECIAL ED.) IN MOST SCHOOL DISTRICTS.
5. THERE ARE MANY WAYS TO SHOW INTELLIGENCE, DEPENDING ON THE TEACHER
AND THE TOOL USED TO MEASURE THE INTELLIGENCE CAN WE SAY THAT ONLY
A COUPLE COUNT!
a. The system drives the flexibility of the Teachers. If standardized tests are
most significant in assessment and accountability, this is the most
frequently used as a measure for intelligence.
b. Too often this is only demonstrated by the aggressive learner. What about
the reluctant or the more passive learner?
6. MULTI-INTELLIGENCE IS NEEDED IN A VARIETY OF SCHOOL ACTIVITIES.
BRING AS MANY AS YOU CAN IN SCHOOL.
a. Yes. Use what you have to build upon...!
7. I AGREE. WE DO NOT RECOGNIZE THE MANY WAYS THAT STUDENTS SHOW HOW
INTELLIGENT THEY ARE.
a. Nor do we recognize the many ways Teachers show how intelligent they are!
b. Or how much we as Teachers don't recognize...
8. THIS IS PRETTY GOOFY!
a. But we should think about it.
b. Not Goofy : fundamental to understanding of individual human worth!
c. How can we assess Goofy? (without Donald Duck!)
THE DIVERSITIES IN INTELLIGENCE IS INDEED
REPRESENTED IN ALL OF OUR SCHOOLS.
WE AS TEACHERS HAVE TO TAP INTO
THE FOUNTAIN OF YOUTH!