'Gardner says that these differences "challenge an educational system
that assumes that everyone can learn the same materials in the same
way and that a uniform, universal measure suffices to test student
learning. Indeed, as currently constituted, our educational system is
heavily biased toward linguistic modes of instruction and assessment
and, to a somewhat lesser degree, toward logical-quantitative modes as
well."' (Gardner 1991)
Following on from my most recent blog about Howard Gardner and his idea of multiple intelligences, I was reminded of the picture above that I saw online last year. It emphasises Gardner's theory, as shown in the picture is a man stateing 'for a fair selection everybody has to take the same exam: please climb that tree'. The only animal who can pass the 'fair selection' is the monkey who is built and adapted to climb trees, therefore eliminating chances for any other animal to prove themselves worthy.
"The broad spectrum of students - and perhaps the society as a whole - would be better served if disciplines could be presented in a numbers of ways and learning could be assessed through a variety of means". (Gardner 1991)
Love that picture! I have done a lot of reading on this too. If you can, watch Ken Robinson on Ted Talks. He has really interesting ideas on how schools should be ran.
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Love that picture! I have done a lot of reading on this too. If you can, watch Ken Robinson on Ted Talks. He has really interesting ideas on how schools should be ran.
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Me too! Think the picture brings up an interesting and valid topic without even saying much. Will definitely give that a watch and let you know what I think of it, thank you!
ReplyDeleteThanks Nafisah... This way of looking at things is still being perpetuated - so 'disruption' is about setting the record straight - the more we can analyse and evaluate the worth or what we do - the more we can stand up to outdated points of view...
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