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Intellectual Skill

The document discusses developing intellectual skills from an early age through engaging activities like reading, playing games, asking questions, and exposing children to real world experiences that reinforce classroom lessons in order to build critical thinking, problem solving, and a foundation for lifelong learning. It emphasizes the role of parents in fostering intellectual development by encouraging independent thought, creativity, foreign language acquisition, music instruction, and stimulating conversations from birth throughout childhood.

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Intellectual Skill

The document discusses developing intellectual skills from an early age through engaging activities like reading, playing games, asking questions, and exposing children to real world experiences that reinforce classroom lessons in order to build critical thinking, problem solving, and a foundation for lifelong learning. It emphasizes the role of parents in fostering intellectual development by encouraging independent thought, creativity, foreign language acquisition, music instruction, and stimulating conversations from birth throughout childhood.

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Intellectual skills

For example: critical, analytical, synthesising and problem-solving skills.

Intellectual skills have been linked to critical thinking and are thought to be the core element of
this procedure. They include:

Analysis
Interpretation
Explanation
Evaluation
Meta-cognition

It is accepted that anybody who is involved with a critical thinking process will come to
conclusions based on a number of things such as gaining evidence through making observations;
looking at things in context; recognizing relevant criteria and using it to make a good judgment;
applying techniques or methods to enable judgment to be made; and applying theoretical
constructs so that a question or problem can be understood.

It is also accepted that as well as being in possession of good critical thinking skills, having
intellectual skills as well means that someone must be able to be logical whilst at the same time
apply that logic broadly and clearly in order to encompass accuracy, credibility, relevance, depth,
breadth, precision, fairness and significance.

Critical thinking is a process whereby problems can be recognized in the first instance so that
methods of resolving them can be employed. The importance of prioritizing is understood as is
the order of precedence. The process involves gathering relevant information and being able to
interpret information and data so that evaluations can be made and generalizations and
conclusions can also be come to, after which these can be put to the test. Critical thinking also
demands that previous beliefs, judgments and decisions are not set in stone and that they can be
adjusted as evidence and experience dictate.

Intellectual and Practical Skills Foundation

A student will acquire a foundation of intellectual and practical skills including communication,
quantitative reasoning, qualitative reasoning (critical, analytical, and creative thinking), and
technical and information literacies.

Communication
A student will be able to:
Write and speak effectively in a variety of settings (e.g. academic, civic and professional)
Appropriately use the conventions associated with writing and speaking
Acquire an awareness of audience and purpose
Understand the intent and impact of performed, spoken, written or visual texts
Quantitative Reasoning
A student will be able to:
Understand, interpret and represent mathematical information using symbolic, visual, numerical
and verbal conventions
Solve problems using numeric, algebraic, geometric and statistical methods
Use quantitative information in context, and determine reasonableness of results
Use appropriate mathematical tools in problem solving (e.g. calculators, computers,
measurement instruments and manipulatives)

Qualitative Reasoning: Critical, Analytical and Creative Thinking


A student will be able to:
Evaluate the logic, validity and relevance of arguments
Gather, interpret and evaluate information in a variety of forms (e.g. written, verbal, oral, visual,
and aesthetic)
Use critical skills of analysis, evaluation, synthesis and application
Approach complex problems from diverse perspectives, considering alternative solutions

Information Literacy
A student will be able to:
Use library, multi-media, computer technology and other information sources to access, process
and deliver information
Access information ethically, legally, effectively and efficiently
Evaluate the credibility of information

Technical Literacy
A student will be able to:
Make informed judgments about the value and risk of emerging technologies
Adapt to and utilize emerging technologies
Communicate knowledgeably regarding technological issues

Developing Intellectual Skills


Parents are understandably proud when their children are bright and successful. Developing
intellectual skills begins at birth, and hopefully continues throughout all of life, with learning
being the goal at every age.

Off to a Good Start


Parents who actively engage their babies and young children - reading, singing, and playing with
them on a regular basis, are building a foundation from which the children can flourish
intellectually. Babies learn their first lessons about the world from their parents and other
immediate family members.
Learning and Playing
Long before kids head off to school for the very first time, they have well established learning
habits. Playing affords young children with many opportunities for learning and thinking, and
parents who engage in mindful play with their children can further enhance their children's
intellectual development. Simple word games, such as making up stories together or inventing
silly rhyming words not only helps to build children's vocabularies, but also encourages their
creativity and imaginations. Foreign language classes are another good choice for developing
minds, with young children typically able to master a second language quite readily.

As children get older, parents should continue seeking out games and pastimes that are
intellectually stimulating. Kids should be encouraged to join clubs and organisations that cater to
their interests and when feasible, parents should allow their children to take music instruction as
it has been shown to increase children's overall capacity to learn.

Encouraging Independent Thought


Parents who encourage their little ones to think for themselves are sowing the seeds for future
learning, so it is important for kids to be given choices whenever possible. Offering kids
opportunities to make decisions, even to make mistakes, provides them with valuable learning
experiences. Each time that children look for solutions to problems, they increase their base of
knowledge, making it easier for them to draw conclusions as time progresses. Additionally, it
benefits children when parents and other carers pose questions that require the kids to think. For
example, when reading books, parents can stop midway and ask their children to guess at what
might happen next or to wonder what might have happened if characters had made other choices
along the way. Seizing opportunities to promote children's thinking process helps them to
become intellectually stronger.

Real World Learning


While classrooms afford children many opportunities for learning, there are as many (or more)
lessons to be learned outside of the confines of the school setting. Parents are wise to schedule
outings that coincide with lessons being taught at school, reinforcing the teaching. For instance, a
trip to a planetarium can highlight the things that kids may be currently learning about the solar
system, making the lessons come to life. Adults can sometimes go about their lives without
realising that the world is filled with many opportunities for intellectual development, but for
children, who are often seeing things for the very first time, every nature walk, trip to the zoo, or
ride on a train affords them new insight. Parents should take advantage of their children's natural
curiosity and zest for learning by seeking out lessons in their everyday lives.

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