Your intelligence is not fixed, it is dynamic. You can improve your ability to learn through an increased awareness of yourself and the way you and others like to think. By doing this you can then practise those areas which are your weak spots to improve your overall capacity to learn. Now that's being clever!
Check out the links below to get lots of great ideas for improving thinking, strategies and learning, and for finding out your own preferred learning styles and intelligences
The three main learning styles: Seeing, Hearing, Doing
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Watch Howard Gardner's theory of Multiple Intelligences
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Twelve habits to develop emotional intelligence
- Awareness. Recognising individual emotions as they occur, understanding why they occur, and understanding the effects (both good and bad) they have on you.
- Control. Resisting impulses and urges (delaying gratification), remaining calm even as chaos ensues, and always thinking clearly when those around you can’t.
- Assessment. Knowing strengths and weaknesses, learning from mistakes, and constantly striving to build on what you have in an attempt to make yourself better.
- Vision. Creating a sense of direction in your life, having the foresight to anticipate problems/needs before they arise, and paying attention to the details.
- Creativity. Thinking outside the box, developing a tolerance for ambiguity, and maintaining an openness to change.
- Innovation. Seeking out unconventional solutions to problems, keeping an open mind to novelty in the world, and applying creativity in practical ways.
- Ambition. Setting tough but attainable goals, constantly raising the bar in pursuit of excellence, and feeding the need for achievement whenever you can.
- Initiative. Taking the first step when opportunity arises, never sitting back because it’s not in your “job description”, and bending the rules (occasionally) when it comes to making progress.
- Conscientiousness. Accepting responsibility for personal performance, adopting a focused approach in your work, and understanding that nobody else is to blame for your shortcomings.
- Adaptability. Admitting when you’ve failed, remaining flexible in the face of obstacles, and never being too stubborn to change.
- Independence. Living with an unshakable sense of who you are, making your own decisions in the face of peer pressure, and acting despite tremendous risk and doubt.
- Optimism. Understanding we all make mistakes, choosing to persist no matter how many times you’ve failed, and always remaining hopeful that success is just around the corner.
Carol Dweck has written about two main Mindsets, or beliefs about yourself and your most basic qualities:
People with a fixed mindset believe that their traits are just givens. They believe that they have a certain amount of talent and nothing can change that. People with a growth mindset, on the other hand, see their qualities as things that can be developed through their dedication and effort. This is waht Eudaimonia or human flourishing is all about: learning to learn better.
People with a fixed mindset believe that their traits are just givens. They believe that they have a certain amount of talent and nothing can change that. People with a growth mindset, on the other hand, see their qualities as things that can be developed through their dedication and effort. This is waht Eudaimonia or human flourishing is all about: learning to learn better.
How is technology altering our world, and is your mind ready for it? Have a look at the video below:
Guy Claxton has developed another approach called Building Learning Power. Click on the Picture to find out more, and ask yourself how much you are developing Reciprocity, Reflectiveness, Resourcesfulness and Resilience: