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Core Characteristics:
- Collective Consciousness – the capability to see how something relates to the big picture
- Collective Values – the understanding of classical western values of truth, goodness and beauty
- Summative Iteration – the ability to summarize details into a larger understanding
- Intuitive Iteration – a responsiveness to the intangible qualities of being human, be it responding to the arts, philosophical virtues or religious tenets
Students with a strong existential intelligence:
- Seek meaningful learning
- Look for connections across the curriculum
- Like to synthesize ideas based on their learning
- Enjoy literature and customs from other cultures
- Have a strong connection with family and friends
- Develop a strong identity with their neighborhood and town
- Express a sense of belonging to a global community
- Like to get involved with social and political causes
- Can have a strong commitment to their health and well-being
- Tend to look at information relative to the context in which it is presented
Support this intelligence in the classroom by:
- Offering an overview before starting new instruction
- Considering topics from multiple points of view
- Relating material to global themes and concepts
- Integrating your instruction across the curriculum
- Including the arts in instruction where appropriate
- Discussing how topics are important to the classroom, school, community or world
- Bringing in resource people who offer additional perspective on a topic
- Helping students learn to cohesively summarize what they have learned
- Allowing students to demonstrate learning by applying understanding in new and different contexts
- Having students participate in rubric development for performance-based tasks so that they take ownership for their learning
Technologies that stimulate this intelligence:
- Art replica
- Planetarium
- Stage drama
- Classic literature
- Classic philosophy
- Symbols of world religions
- Virtual communities
- Virtual art exhibits
- Virtual field trips
- MUDs
- Blogs
- Wikis
- Virtual reality
- Simulations
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