Bright Child | Gifted Learner | Creative Learner
Perhaps for most of us, a bright child and a gifted learner are one and the same. But there are some subtle differences.
Thus between a bright child and a gifted learner, the former is a good memorizer, the latter a good guesser. One is attentive, the other is mentally and physically involved.
More from Janice Szabos
here .
Now as to creative learners, perhaps they may not even be on the same page.
Image credits: http://www.bertiekingore.com/ I think that's called "asynchronous learning"?
Labels: asynchronous learning , creatvity , gifted child
On Motivation and Creativity
Twyla Tharp weighs in.
As one commenter puts it: "
Just create for the sake of creating, not for those other things, success, dollars etc. "
Labels: creativity , Twyla Tharp
No excuse for "teachers"
... to make authentic learning happen. Take it from Alan November.
Labels: 21st century learning
What's the antonym of love?
Image credits: via Chiqui M. (flowgram.com) But isn't it indifference?
Labels: Antonym , Comm Arts
NASA Channel
Perhaps you'll understand why we don't watch TV like we used to.
Labels: NASA , Science
What is giftedness?
Image credits: http://www.shulamit.info/ Linda Silverman, Ph.d. weighs in:
"There is so much confusion about the meaning of this term, and so much denial, that the most gifted people reject the notion of being gifted."
Self-awarenes seems to be a good place to start. More
here .
By the way, in case you are curious about the funnel and cylinder metaphor, please follow Shulamit Widawsky's
article .
Labels: giftedness , Silverman
