promoting intelligences.
-Jay's five suggested changes: -1 that schools, and education as a whole, reduce the importance of standardized testing -standardized testing is limited primarily to measurable linguistic and mathematical abilities -there are many other intelligences -Jay ascribes to the Theory of Multiple Intelligences, proposed by Howard Gardner (links to Wikipedia.org) -the eight intelligences identified in the theory: Musicality, Spatial intelligence, Verbal intelligence, Logical/ Mathematical intelligence, Bodily-kinesthetic intelligence, Interpersonal intelligence, Intrapersonal intelligence, Naturalistic intelligence -all intelligences are important; most people probably have many of them -teachers should be encouraged to incorporate more than one intelligence in their instruction; music with verbal, for instance, as in the singing of "the alphabet song" -2 make free and healthy food available for breakfast and lunch so students are able to focus on learning and not their hungry stomach -3 honest discussions about health including about nutrition, the human body, reproductive and sexual health; food gardens so students can see where food comes from -4 the teaching of full history including blemishes and difficult to talk about subjects -5 that we value educators with the proper compensation and the respect they are due -in acl55 ideas for education pt1/2 Jay suggests educational changes for specific age/ grade levels -Jay's piece on educational ideas: How this (retired) teacher would change schools in the USA (Medium.com) 42 minutes 07-11-22 debug comment |