Teaching Which Ignores The Realities Of Children

The Countries Who Do The Best In International Comparisons, Whether It's Finland Or Japan, Denmark Or Singapore, Do Well Because They Have Professional Teachers Who Are Respected, And They Also Have Family And Community Which Support Learning.

We Are Natural Mind Changing Entities Until We Are 10 Or So. But As We Get Older...then It Is Very Hard To Change Our Minds

Perhaps, Indeed, There Are No Truly Universal Ethics: Or To Put It More Precisely, The Ways In Which Ethical Principles Are Interpreted Will Inevitably Differ Across Cultures And Eras. Yet, These Differences Arise Chiefly At The Margins. All Known Societies Embrace The Virtues Of Truthfulness, Integrity, Loyalty, Fairness; None Explicitly Endorse Falsehood, Dishonesty, Disloyalty, Gross Inequity. (five Minds For The Future, P136)

When Speaking To Parents, I Encourage Them To Take Their Child(ren) To A Children's Museum And Watch Carefully What The Child Does, How She/she Does It, What He/she Returns To, Where There Is Definite Growth. Teachers Could Do The Same Or Could Set Up 'play Areas' Which Provide 'nutrition' For Different Intelligences... And Watch Carefully What Happens And What Does Not Happen With Each Child.

It May Well Be Easier To Remember A List If One Sings It (or Dances To It). However, These Uses Of The 'materials' Of An Intelligence Are Essentially Trivial. What Is Not Trivial Is The Capacity To Think Musically.