Thanks. I'll try and check it out at the library.
Sue
At 09:05 AM 2/21/2005, you wrote:
>In of all places the National Geographic this month's lead article on the
>brain is helpful re: some of these issues, including some nifty photographs.
>
>Mark
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>At 04:16 PM 2/20/2005, you wrote:
>>Hi Sue,
>>Aren't skills part of the learning package, whereas intelligence is the
>>gas to make that package run? But having said that. I tend to agree
>>about the specializing that is going on with the notion of intelligence.
>>This particular workshop was geared toward instructors who teach English
>>to speakers of of other native languages and in that context, the
>>different intelligences were presented as (stretching this) cars other
>>than a Ford sedan. I also think the realm of MI is really about tracking
>>the brain and the locales of its various jobs and then making
>>applications of the knowledge. So for example, they know that a region
>>of the brain controls musical aptitude and recognition of beats, etc.
>>Since it is a brain function that can be identified, then maybe the same
>>"theys" or maybe different "theys" then admitted to the reality of
>>musical intelligence. What is making this fall apart though, is the
>>newest intelligences, like the "Existential" and the "Digital" and here,
>>the cart came before the horse. These were theorized prior to being
>>mapped, if I recall correctly. That is why they're "questionable,"
>>because they haven't been able to find a geographic location for these
>>theoretical intelligences. Anyway - it is still all exciting and thought
>>provoking to me.
>>
>>I almost said that your quick aptitude with learning Japanese after
>>drawing might be because of the pictographic nature of the Japanese
>>alphabet. Glad I didn't because, I'm wrong, aren't I? So sorry there's
>>no nice correlation like that because those are so much more enjoyable.
>>I guess it's something to do with opening up new neural pathways, and
>>like any exercise, once something is done the first time and then
>>repeated, it makes like activities easier. Ann
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