New Kinds Of Smart: How The Science Of Learnable Intelligence Is Changing Education: How the Science of Learnable Intelligence is Changing Education (Expanding Educational Horizons)

"New Kinds of Smart is an intelligent book about intelligence, the many things that go into it, and how educators can help students to get more of the cornucopia." Professor David Perkins, Harvard University, USA "This is an important and welcome book. It cuts through the hype about what the latest findings from cognitive neuroscience can, and more important, cannot tell us, and provides a comprehensive overview of what we know about learning." Professor Dylan Wiliam, Institute of Education, University of London "This immensely readable book explains the developments of learning theory and then applies those developments to classroom practice and takes that next vital step of explaining what that means for a learner." Professor Mick Waters, Chairman of The Curriculum Foundation 20th Century schools presumed that students' intelligence was largely fixed. 21st century science says that intelligence is expandable - and in a variety of ways. New Kinds of Smart argues that this shift in the way we think about young minds opens up hitherto unexplored possibilities for education. For the first time ever, New Kinds of Smart brings together all the main strands of research about intelligence in one book and explains these new ideas to practising teachers and educators. Each chapter presents practical examples, tools and templates so that each new strand of thinking can be woven into their work as teachers and into their lives as learners. Topics covered include: Composite intelligence Distributed intelligence Expandable intelligence Social intelligence Practical intelligence Strategic intelligence Intuitive intelligence Ethical intelligence Front cover......Page 1 Half title page......Page 2 Praise for New Kinds of Smart......Page 3 Title page......Page 4 Copyright page......Page 5 Contents......Page 6 Series Editors’ Introduction......Page 10 Acknowledgements......Page 14 Prelude......Page 16 Format of the book......Page 17 What’s the point of school?......Page 19 Changing views of developing young minds......Page 21 Challenging some myths about intelligence......Page 23 1 Intelligence is Composite......Page 27 Getting to grips with composite intelligence......Page 29 Starting out......Page 40 A useful tool: the ‘split screen lesson’......Page 42 Ideas into practice......Page 45 2 Intelligence is Expandable......Page 48 Getting to grips with expandable intelligence......Page 49 Starting out......Page 57 Going deeper......Page 61 Ideas into practice......Page 63 3 Intelligence is Practical......Page 66 Getting to grips with practical intelligence......Page 68 The emerging science of embodied cognition......Page 70 Starting out......Page 78 A useful tool: the pause button......Page 79 Going deeper......Page 80 Ideas into practice......Page 83 4 Intelligence is Intuitive......Page 85 Getting to grips with intuitive intelligence......Page 86 Starting out......Page 96 Going deeper......Page 98 A useful tool: don’t know mind......Page 102 Ideas into practice......Page 103 5 Intelligence is Distributed......Page 105 Getting to grips with distributed intelligence......Page 107 Starting out......Page 116 Going deeper......Page 118 A useful tool: the Person-Plus Tool Kit......Page 120 Ideas into practice......Page 122 6 Intelligence is Social......Page 124 Getting to grips with social intelligence......Page 127 Starting out......Page 137 Going deeper......Page 138 A useful tool: the jigsaw technique......Page 139 Ideas into practice......Page 144 7 Intelligence is Strategic......Page 146 Getting to grips with strategic intelligence......Page 152 Starting out......Page 161 A useful tool: Visible Thinking......Page 163 Ideas into practice......Page 165 8 Intelligence is Ethical......Page 168 Getting to grips with ethical intelligence......Page 170 Starting out......Page 181 A useful tool: eleven principles of character education......Page 182 Going deeper......Page 184 Ideas into practice......Page 187 9 Finale......Page 189 Intelligence is composite......Page 191 Intelligence is expandable......Page 192 Intelligence is practical......Page 193 Intelligence is intuitive......Page 194 Intelligence is distributed......Page 195 Intelligence is social......Page 197 Intelligence is strategic......Page 198 Intelligence is ethical......Page 199 Next steps......Page 202 The 4:5:1 model......Page 203 Notes......Page 209 Select Bibliography......Page 224 Index......Page 226 Back cover......Page 231 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.In the early 21st century our understanding of the smart mind is changing fast. The demands of society are now quite different from those when schools were first designed, so the kinds of smart necessary to craft a happy and fulfilling life have changed. As life becomes more complex, ambiguous and uncertain, so a different set of mental and emotional attitudes are needed to thrive. Meanwhile, researchers in the cognitive, affective and learning sciences are developing new models of the smart mind that make it clear that bodies, tools and social contacts are as much a part of intelligence as abstract problem-solving.New Kinds of Smart presents the most important of these changes to practising teachers and educators, and invites them to think about their implications for school. Each chapter illustrates the research behind one of the emerging'new kinds of smart'; summarises the messages that this research has for practitioners; and presents practical examples, tools and templates that educators can use to weave this new strand of thinking into their work as teachers and their lives as learners. New Kinds Of Smart Presents The Most Important Of These Changes To Practising Teachers And Educators, And Invites Them To Think About Their Implications For School. Prelude -- 1. Intelligence Is Composite -- 2. Intelligence Is Expandable -- 3. Intelligence Is Practical -- 4. Intelligence Is Intuitive -- 5. Intelligence Is Distributed -- 6. Intelligence Is Social -- 7. Intelligence Is Strategic -- 8. Intelligence Is Ethical -- 9. Finale. Bill Lucas And Guy Claxton. Includes Bibliographical References And Index.