FOUNDATIONS OF

KNOWLEDGE!

AQUIRE KNOWLEDGE

PROCESS KNOWLEDGE

CREATING MEANING TO KNOWLEDGE

USE IT!

AQUIRING

KNOWLEDGE:

BOOKS

SCHOOL

TELEVISION

RADIO

.

PROCESSING

KNOWLEDGE:

Create meaning

to knowledge :Example: Making your own

dictionary and writing the

definition yourself! In your mind!

.

Using Knowledge:You can use your knowledge to

your advantage in the same place

you acquired it!

TO BECOME A BETTER

CRITICAL THINKER!!!!

INTELLIGENCE Intelligence consists of being able to go through the

steps mentioned in the previous slides .

David Wechsler defines intelligence as the capacity to

understand one’s world, and being able to cope with it’s

challenges, as well as how one uses information one

already processed!

1 . P R O B L E M S O LV I N G A N D P RA C T I C A L S K I L L S :

* B E I N G A B L E T O R E A S O N LO G I C A L LY* H AV I N G A N O P E N M I N D* I D E N T I F Y C O N N E C T I O N S A M O N G I D E A S* S E E A L L A S P E C T S O F P R O B L E M S

2 . V E R B A L A B I L I T Y:* S P E A K I N G C L E A R LY / A RT I C U L AT E LY* R E A D I N G W I D E LY* S T U DY I N G H A R D

What abilities do Americans think being Intelligent

requires?

3 . S OC I A L C O M P E T E N CE :

* AC CE P T I N G OT H E R S M I S TA K E S* S O C I A L CO N S C I EN C E* B E I N G SE N S I T I V E T O O T H E R P E OP LE ’ S N E E DS & D E S I R E S

ROBERT S. STERNBERG(Creater of the TRIARCHIC THEORY OF INTELLIGENCE)

ANALITICAL INTELLIGENCE

Type of intelligence that

can be learned in school

or through education

“BOOK SMARTS”

PROBLEM SOLVING

CRITICAL THINKING

CREATIVE INTELLIGENCE

Relection of how an individual

connects the internal world to

extermal reality

• “THINKING OUTSIDE THE

BOX”

• INSIGHT

• SYNTHESIS

PRACTICAL INTELLIGENCE

Reflection on how an

individual relates to himself

in the external world

• “STREET SMART”

• SOLVING REAL LIFE

PROBLEMS.

“A MAN SHOULD LOOK FOR WHAT IS, AND NOT FOR

WHAT HE THINKS SHOULD BE.”

-ALBERT EINSTEIN