gardner's mindsets for the future
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Presentation by Leticia Vela based on Howard Gardner's "Five Minds for the Future" MEXTESOL Tampico 2nd Regional Convention March 11 -12, 2011 Hotel Posada de TampicoTRANSCRIPT
Gardner’s Mindsets for the Future
MEXTESOL Tampico
2nd Regional Convention
It’s a Small EFL World After all
Leticia Vela ([email protected])
Professor of Cognition and
Education at Harvard
University
Famous for his Theory of
Multiple
Intelligences
Author of over 20 books
and several hundreds of
articles. His newest book:
Five Minds for the Future
Past
Present
FUTURE
Digital
revolution
Biological
revolution
Environmental
revolution
Globalization
Be constant, perseverant
and seek ongoing
improvement
Develop a deep
knowledge in a particular
area—become experts
Know something about
everything--become
lifelong learners
Understand vs. memorize
Encourage results that
meet high standards
Promote daily practice
Ensure completion of tasks
Motivate students to
identify their strengths and
specialize in them
Foster reading
Practical Applications
Know how to collect
information from different
and reliable sources
Understand and
objectively evaluate
information
Disregard unimportant
information
Analyze, put it all together
so it makes sense
Communicate it
effectively
Practical Applications
Demonstrate how to
identify different and
reliable sources (e.g. TV)
Teach how to synthesize
Offer sufficient
opportunities to
communicate findings (e.g.
round tables,
presentations)
Give serious consequences
for plagiarism
Know how to ask ‘high-
order’ questions
Be able to present ideas
in different ways
Be innovative
Understand that creating
involves failing and
starting again
Motivate students to see things
from different view points.
Give students the opportunity to
create their own problems and
solve them.
Raise awareness about the
possibility of different answers to a
same question.
Offer different options to present
results (videos, blogs, sketches,
storyboards, etc.).
Motivate students to try new
disciplines
(learn a 3rd language?)
Practical Applications
Accept and value
diversity
Cultivate understanding
of others
Be tolerant
Develop emotional
intelligence
Relate effectively with
others
Practical Applications
Promote the knowledge of
other cultures and their
customs.
Practice tolerance in the
CR and set an example.
Give priority to respect of
others and their ideas.
Value diversity and
exemplify how
it enriches us.
Reflect at a higher level
Seek excellence,
commitment, and final
good
Focus on our
responsibilities, more
than on our rights
Be aware of the needs of
others
and place them before
ours
Serve beyond self-
interest
Practical Applications
Promote universal values and
encourage students to apply them.
Help students see themselves as
GOOD students, citizens and future
professionals.
Give opportunities for reflection.
How should I behave ? What is my
responsibility?
Share information about people
who are responsible and ethical--
role models.
Be consistent and give fair
consequences
and rewards.
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