As a professional mountain guide, I manage risk and provide my clients with a great climbing experience. From the time I meet clients until the time I release them, any where from 3 to 12 days per trip, I am continually assessing and evaluating many aspects, from the environment, route conditions, clients health, clients progress, etc. My intelligence comes into form as I create magic in providing my clients a lifetime experience while keeping them safe.
Marie-Anne,
I appreciate your comment about common sense. Einstein's quote about common sense puts it this way; "Common sense is the collection of prejudices acquired by age eighteen." Another scholar stated, "Common sense to a farmer is probably quite different than common sense to a financier." This is a good principle to keep in mind as instructors when we have a class of students from widely varying backgrounds. Thank you for sharing your insights.
Dr. S. David Vaillancourt
I too teach culinary. However, while trying to explain that adding water to a soup that was too concentrated would help the flavor to my puzzled student, I realized that it was only common sense to me because I had fixed so may soups before. This student had never made soup in their life so their only intelligence came from the book in front of them.
Is the ability to analyze, evaluate, comprehend problems or circumstances, and be able to make a decision based on all this factos.
Debby,
Very glad to see your inclusion of "spiritually." This is an important component for many people.
Dr. S. David Vaillancourt
Intelligence as an RN requires the nurse to accurately assess an individual physically, emotionally, and spiritually.
Scott,
Good description and well suited for the task.
Dr. S. David Vaillancourt
I work in the votech field. diesel engine technician training. I believe intelegence is the ability to look at the information you have gathered and determine if it meets set guidelines or not, analyzing the data
I work in the military field and understanding your environment (political, military, economic, social...)and the interactions and dynamics within is fundamental. Everyone is good a the specific skills in their military specialty (as was Wendy's at making hamburgers) but it is understanding the environment and how to apply the tools at your disposal.
Kathryn,
Very excellent! The balanced approach is much more useful in most situations.
Dr. S. David Vaillancourt
I am inclined to agree with Sternberg's definition of successful intelligence. I think we need all three parts: analytical, practical, and creative intelligence to function well. A little EQ thrown in wouldn't hurt, but it doesn't seem like a requisite in my area.
Said,
I have no expertise in the kitchen, but this seems reasonable to me. Although, my 'common sense' concerning recipes would be worse than useless. ;-]
Dr. S. David Vaillancourt
Intelligence in the kitchen is following recipes and using comon sense to formulate your reasoning as to whether recipes are prepared accurately or not.
Michelle,
It makes sense that these would be you primary. Thank you for sharing your insights.
Dr. S. David Vaillancourt
I teach psychology so for my field it is emotional, intrapersonal, and interpersonal intelligence.
Larry,
There are so many different intelligences and many, many more varieties of combinations in each student. It is challenging to grasp and appropriately address them all.
Dr. S. David Vaillancourt
This text really hit home for me. I really didn't think much about this area with my students. I knew they all learned their own way but never categorized it. Now I have a better idea of how to read their comments and learning styles.
Gamaliel,
Much of what you address in this post are components of collaborative/cooperative learning structures. Leveraging peer to peer interaction and learning differences for the benefit of all participating students requires creativity on the part of the instructor, but is often very beneficial to the students. Thank you for sharing your insights.
Dr. S. David Vaillancourt
It comes to a time and point in the length of my class when I realize that every student interacts well with each other; they learn from each other's success and mistakes; they understand their weaknesses and strength, so when I see these taking place, I realize that a mix of intelligences and learning styles are well interacting with their environment so I define this interaction as a highly cognitive way of manifesting your thoughts or intelligence.
Miriam,
Yes, setting, circumstances and context are vital factors to consider when assessing intelligence/competence. This is an excellent example of specific factors for a given situation. Very good description. Thank you for sharing.
Dr. S. David Vaillancourt
