http://jherring.wordpress.com/2011/01/24/practical-intelligence-and-loony-dook/ Reflections on travelling, reading, cycling and photography Wed, 15 May 2013 13:09:01 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ http://jherring.wordpress.com/2011/01/24/practical-intelligence-and-loony-dook/#comment-801 Mon, 24 Jan 2011 12:53:59 +0000 http://jherring.wordpress.com/?p=723#comment-801 Gardner says that practical intelligences is, in part, about helping students to develop the intelligences that will enable them to succeed in the school environment. The importance of overt teaching in also affirmed by Gardner. The link with information literacy comes through clearly in Gardner’s statement that the goals include “acquiring the tools to learn on one’s own and want to learn” and for “students to take responsibility for their education, even after school is over, so that practical intelligence for schooling becomes practical intelligence for the acquisition of knowledge and understanding throughout life”.

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