It is important to assist the student in understanding their frame of reference and strength of intelligence. Some have never explored that frame of thought.
Reflective thinking takes time and patience. One must consider the different options, weigh the pros and cons of each option, and seek additional information to make informed decisions.
Reflecting helps you to identify areas that you may need to work on.
The seven Intelligences used in Emotional Intelligence combines the understanding of the awareness of how decisions being made impacting the lives of others.
Demonstrating an understanding of multiple intelligences builds rapport with students, and encourages engagement as they learn critical thinking.
What have you learned from this module and how do you intend to apply it?
I had not thought about creativity as part of critical thinking. This makes sense once explained. Encouraging future nurses to be creative in their problem solving is good practice as this is what they will need to do once in the real world of nursing.
It was interesting learning about the history of reflective learning and the 99 cent value meal. I pan on using reflective thinking through journaling.
I enjoyed the module concerning the different intelligences that students bring to the classroom. I think its important for faculty to have the emotional intelligence to recognize these intelligences in their students and meet each individual "where they are".
Identifying the various intelligences and understanding which intelligence is a strength can be an asset when working with others.
Really enjoyed the Reflective Thinking. Have a time for students to reflect on their progress, accomplishments and struggles. So that they can reflect on what they want to change and what worked well for them. As an instructor ask and reflect the same about the class.
Understanding the different types of intelligences to determine how your students will learn and asking for the critique to make improvements for reflective learning will improve the classroom situation.
Reflective thought in its most simple form is stepping back, pausing, and trying to observe all that can be observed about the situation
There are many different types of intelligence and we should embrace them all.
Reflective thinking is required in critical thinking.
I liked the saying: "It's not about how smart you are but how you are smart." It's important for learners to know how to figure things out and it's not just about the end goal.
Intelligence comes in many forms and so the best teachers must play in the middle to compensate for the variety of intelligences. For example, if one is too heavily focused on logical-mathematical, they can be missing out on aiding those students who excel in other forms of intelligence.
Not every approach to a problem will be the same and different methods at arriving at an answer should not be judged as we all have different intelligences and skills. It would also be useful to have a greater understanding of different students' intelligences so they could be grouped together for projects or assignments and to complement differing problem solving abilities.
Intelligence is being able to learn to/from, understand, critically/creatively think to response to/handle/interact with one's environment. As an instructor, I need to be aware how interactive and effective the learning materials are for students, whether students are internalizing the contents or struggling and how to support them etc.
Very interesting how we can all look at problem from different angles and break it down. And also we can all come up with different answers as well.
