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Two Ways of Knowing
Socrates, the founder of the inductive method (Watson, 1978), was a master at analytical reasoning. Plato, his student, believed in the reality of abstract Forms perceivable only through "the mind's eye," and imperfectly represented in everyday life (Plato's Republic, Jowett trans., ...
Source: Visual Spatial Resource Center
Seven Ways for Young Children to Be Smart
Early childhood professionals have always looked at the whole picture when considering children's intelligence. Psychologist Howard Gardner's Multiple Intelligence Theory reinforces the fact that there are many different ways for children to be smart. Instead of asking, "How smart is this ...
Source: National Association for the Education of Young Children
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Art Milestones: What's Typical at Each Stage of Life
No one teaches an infant to scribble. Yet, for almost every young child, scribbling happens naturally. And it is a...
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Let Your Kid Play with Fire
Should you let your 7-year-old drive a car? Play with knives? Dismantle your appliances? One expert says yes. Here's...
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Hillary Clinton on Education
Wondering what Hillary Clinton has to say about the most important issues in education today? We asked Catherine Brown,...
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Developing Metacognition
Metacognition is thinking about thinking, knowing "what we know" and "what we don't know." Just as an executive's job is...
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Modern Art 101
Do you think your kindergartener paints better than Jackson Pollock? Think again, my friend. It's easy to dismiss modern...
Source: Education.com
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