"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
Author(s): Bill Lucas, Guy Claxton
Series: Expanding educational horizons
Edition: 1
Publisher: Open University Press
Year: 2010
Language: English
Pages: 231
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
