As a part of the ongoing ‘Learning Series’ Indus World School Ludhiana organized a workshop titled “In how many ways is your child intelligent…….Understanding the multiple intelligences of your child.” Mr R Sreenivasan conducted this session. Mr. Sreenivasan is one of the most sought after consultants for leading newspapers like The Times of India, Hindustan Times and The Indian Express on caree
rs, having contributed regular columns and key speaker in seminars. His motivational talks have inspired a large number of students and he continues to be in demand by the school community - schools, teachers and students. Shreeni, also a corporate trainer has been a facilitator for CRESTCOM, Denver, US-based, largest executive training corporate in the world with presence in over 55 countries.
Entirely interactive, the session was an eye-opener for the parents who tend to impose their own preferences upon their children based on their own ‘programming’. Sreeni narrated several stories and anecdotes to make his point. It was an enthralling session with Sreeni talking about various static behaviours parents show while dealing with their children. He emphasized the point that children do as they see their parents do. Learning happens through experience & it is very important to ‘bring’ the ‘outside world’ into the classrooms. And this is what education at Indus is all about. Children create their knowledge through experiences.
Howard Gardener’s theory on Multiple Intelligence was decoded and presented in a very interesting and easy to comprehend style. There were a lot of hands-on activities that helped the parents to understand and spot the intelligences that their children possess. Individual action exercises, open house discussion, thinking exercises followed by group sharing were some of the activities where the parents were actively engaged in understanding each of the intelligences - inter-personal, intra-personal, kinesthetic, naturalistic, linguistic, musical and spatial.
The parents found the session very interesting and insightful. The workshop ignited in them a desire to create an environment to enliven their own lives and pass it on to their children. They also got a deep insight into the activities that could be done to nurture and hone the talents and intelligences in children. The session also helped parents to be aware of the career choices that would be suitable for their children.
Entirely interactive, the session was an eye-opener for the parents who tend to impose their own preferences upon their children based on their own ‘programming’. Sreeni narrated several stories and anecdotes to make his point. It was an enthralling session with Sreeni talking about various static behaviours parents show while dealing with their children. He emphasized the point that children do as they see their parents do. Learning happens through experience & it is very important to ‘bring’ the ‘outside world’ into the classrooms. And this is what education at Indus is all about. Children create their knowledge through experiences.
Howard Gardener’s theory on Multiple Intelligence was decoded and presented in a very interesting and easy to comprehend style. There were a lot of hands-on activities that helped the parents to understand and spot the intelligences that their children possess. Individual action exercises, open house discussion, thinking exercises followed by group sharing were some of the activities where the parents were actively engaged in understanding each of the intelligences - inter-personal, intra-personal, kinesthetic, naturalistic, linguistic, musical and spatial.
The parents found the session very interesting and insightful. The workshop ignited in them a desire to create an environment to enliven their own lives and pass it on to their children. They also got a deep insight into the activities that could be done to nurture and hone the talents and intelligences in children. The session also helped parents to be aware of the career choices that would be suitable for their children.
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