Graff describes his childhood experiences with his own hidden intellectualism. At the end, Graff notes that students need help figuring out their intellectualism, and educators can help by showing students how
While reading Gerald Graffs, “Hidden Intellectualism,” I have come to appreciate his ideals and views between both,” book smarts,” and,” street smarts.” In this article he puts into perspective the relevance of intellectualism among less traditional academic views by considering a student’s environment and common interests. By walking through his adolescent experiences, he explains his personal development of skills and intelligence to bring light of a new conceptual way of teaching and engaging the students interest in a classroom. In,” Hidden Intellectualism,” Graff points out how many people associate street smarts with anti-intellectual concerns. For example, ones personal interest as opposed to traditional academic teachings, such as Shakespeare.
However, too many students are so self-focused that they cannot unlearn their selfish behaviors for the sake of finding the best-suited solution that can be achieved through collaborative thinking. In addition to Davidson, Jean Twenge also notices this pattern and she labels it as “narcissism”. As Twenge explains, “Because the school programs emphasize being ‘special’ rather than encouraging friendships, we may be training an army of little narcissists instead of raising kids’ self-esteem” (Twenge 504). Twenge obviously believes that school programs are trying too hard to preserve a child’s self-esteem instead of actually helping them to build skills that would help them. Twenge mentions that instead of making them feel “special”, schools should focus more on “encouraging friendships” so that they can be a little less narcissistic and self-focused.
“Oh wow, what a smart child!” This is a statement that deceivingly seems inconsequential on the surface. However, once one digs below the surface, as Carol S. Dweck did in “Brainology: Transforming Students’ Motivation to Learn,” one can see that having a certain mindset can be a determining factor of whether or not a child will be able to become successful. Dweck believes that a praise (similar to the type mentioned before) cause students to have a certain mindset on the way smartness functions, consequently affecting their work ethic. TO elaborate, she claims they either have one of two mindsets; a growth mindset, which is when a student believes they obtain knowledge by working hard; or a fixed mindset which is when a student believes everyone has a set level of smartness they have to live up to.
To be clear, Fridman argues for the academically talented and information-seeking students in today’s society. He feels it is unfair that these students are too afraid to pursue intelligence to its fullest or to admit how much they study, so he presents an argumentative essay detailing the inequities and grievances these students face. He makes a convincing argument through his powerful diction, dynamic tone, emotional and
When she was young, she could not process the way her father raised and treated her, so she believed everything he said. When she is able to understand, her tone changes and becomes clinical and critical remembering the way he constantly let her
In The Achievement Habit, written by Bernard Roth, Roth showcases many of the human minds greatest weaknesses. Roth, a respected professor at the University of Stanford, teaches a “D. School” at Stanford. In this school, Roth now requires every student who enrolled read this book, which is now used all over the country for the exact reasons Roth wants. Roth expresses his opinions throughout the book but none of his opinions or quotes stick out more than his claim that “reasons are bullshit” (Roth 38). While the points and claims Roth makes doesn't make specifically make his audience weaker, it does prevent growing and getting stronger.
“Everybody is a genius. But if you judge a fish by it 's ability to climb a tree, it will live it 's whole life believing it is stupid.’’- Albert Einstein. Many people put themselves down due to other people comparing them to “better” people, but each person is the best in their own way. Every author we’ve discussed has had a similar upcoming and thinking about education.
First of all, the perception of a student’s intelligence
Growth or Fixed Mindset In Carol Dweck’s article “The Perils of Praise and Promise” she explains the difference between a growth and fixed mind-set. Dweck says” In a fixed mind-set, students care first and foremost about how they will be judged; smart or not smart. Repeatedly students with this mind-set reject opportunities to learn if they might make mistakes.
She grabbed reader’s attention by using a rhetorical question to imply her idea that personality could possibly change under the influence of other factors. To confirm
I had made something of value” (Rose, 1989, p. 9). He had met his teacher’s expectation and that made him feel accomplished. On the other hand, if a teacher expects very little from their students, the students will slack on their assignments and tests and become lazy, knowing they will not be
As a student, while reading this article I found many of the concepts useful but especially familiar. Throughout my years of public education, the older I became, the more I was able to recognize certain techniques and strategies that teachers used. For example, the article mentions to compliment good choices within earshot of peers and parents, keeping it simple and authentic to boost their self-esteem and make them feel comfortable and safe. This is just one of the many suggestions in the article that reminded me of my childhood. Anytime a teacher gave me a compliment, it first made me feel good about myself and distracted me of any fears I may of had.
Dweck explains this in better detail when she says, “… the belief that intelligence is fixed dampened the students’ motivation to learn…and made them want to quit after a setback”. She also shows us the other side, when intelligence is thought to be developed, students are exposed to a passion for learning and are more determined with presented with a
For years she has begins gathering research on the differences of people’s personalities to find the origin of where those differences come from. At the time, Carl Jung a well-known swiss
