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New Kinds of Smart How the Science of Learnable Intelligence is Changing Education

by: Lucas, Bill; Claxton, Guy

New Kinds of Smart How the Science of Learnable Intelligence is Changing Education

by: Lucas, Bill; Claxton, Guy

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9780335236183
ISBN 10:
0335236189
Edition: 1st
Format: Paperback
Copyright: 03/01/2010
Publisher: Open Univ Pr

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How people think about education depends on how they understand the notion of 'intelligence'. Teaching reflects assumptions about what kinds of mental qualities are worth having, and about the extent to which those qualities are fixed or malleable. As the idea of 'intelligence' changes, so should the aims and methods of education. It's time to bring intelligence into the real world.

Series editors' introduction	p. ix
Acknowledgements	p. xiii
Prelude	p. 1
Format of the book	p. 2
What's the point of school?	p. 4
Changing views of developing young minds	p. 6
Challenging some myths about intelligence	p. 8
Intelligence is Composite	p. 12
Getting to grips with composite intelligence	p. 14
Starting out	p. 25
Going deeper	p. 27
A useful tool: the 'split screen lesson'	p. 27
Ideas into practice	p. 30
Intelligence is Expandable	p. 33
Getting to grips with expandable intelligence	p. 34
Starting out	p. 42
Going deeper	p. 46
A useful tool: expansive talking	p. 48
Ideas into practice	p. 48
Intelligence is Practical	p. 51
Getting to grips with practical intelligence	p. 53
The emerging science of embodied cognition	p. 55
Starting out	p. 63
A useful tool: the pause button	p. 64
Going deeper	p. 65
Ideas into practice	p. 68
Intelligence is Intuitive	p. 70
Getting to grips with intuitive intelligence	p. 71
Starting out	p. 81
Going deeper	p. 83
A useful tool: don't know mind	p. 87
Ideas into practice	p. 88
Intelligence is Distributed	p. 90
Getting to grips with distributed intelligence	p. 92
Starting out	p. 101
Going deeper	p. 103
A useful tool: the Person-Plus Tool Kit	p. 105
Ideas into practice	p. 107
Intelligence is Social	p. 109
Getting to grips with social intelligence	p. 112
Starting out	p. 122
Going deeper	p. 123
A useful tool: the jigsaw technique	p. 124
Ideas into practice	p. 129
Intelligence is Strategic	p. 131
Getting to grips with strategic intelligence	p. 137
Starting out	p. 146
Going deeper	p. 148
A useful tool: Visible Thinking	p. 148
Ideas into practice	p. 150
Intelligence is Ethical	p. 153
Getting to grips with ethical intelligence	p. 155
Starting out	p. 166
A useful tool: eleven principles of character education	p. 167
Going deeper	p. 169
Ideas into practice	p. 172
Finale	p. 174
Intelligence is composite	p. 176
Intelligence is expandable	p. 177
Intelligence is practical	p. 178
Intelligence is intuitive	p. 179
Intelligence is distributed	p. 180
Intelligence is social	p. 182
Intelligence is strategic	p. 183
Intelligence is ethical	p. 184
Next steps	p. 187
The 4:5:1 model	p. 188
Notes	p. 194
Select Bibliography	p. 209
Index	p. 211
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New Kinds of Smart How the Science of Learnable Intelligence is Changing Education

New Kinds of Smart How the Science of Learnable Intelligence is Changing Education

9780335236183

0335236189

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