IATHE - Eugene Rice Webcast

Event: 30th McGraw-Hill Ryerson National Teaching, Learning and Technology Conference
Type of Event: Keynote Conference Webcast
Date: May 14 - 16, 2007
Time: coming soon
Location: Concordia University Montreal, Québec
Notes: (This event will be archived on this page at 5:00pm (GMT -05:00) Eastern Canadian time for future viewing.)

Abstract
I will describe a framework that can be used in teaching to develop three important skills for adaptation in school and life--wisdom, intelligence, and creativity (synthesized). Students need creative skills to generate new ideas, analytical intellectual skills to discern whether their (and others') ideas are good ideas, practical intellectual skills to execute their ideas and to persuade others of the value of the ideas, and wisdom to ensure that the ideas are for a common good. The goal of teaching should be to instill these and related skills that last a lifetime, not merely to convey knowledge, much of which is likely to become dated with time. I will describe how teaching for WICS can be infused directly into curriculum at any age level in any subject-matter area.

Speaker Bio:
Dr. Robert J. Sternberg is Dean of the School of Arts and Sciences and Professor of Psychology at Tufts University. Prior to accepting this position, he was IBM Professor of Psychology and Education in the Department of Psychology, Professor of Management in the School of Management, and Director of the Center for the Psychology of Abilities, Competencies, and Expertise at Yale. This Center, soon to be relocated to Tufts, is dedicated to the advancement of theory, research, practice, and policy advancing the notion of intelligence as developing expertise-as a construct that is modifiable and capable, to some extent, of development throughout the life span. The Center seeks to have an impact on science, on education, and on society. Sternberg also was the 2003 President of the American Psychological Association and is the 2005-2006 President-Elect of the Eastern Psychological Association. He was on the Board of Directors of the American Psychological Association (2002-2004) and of the Board of Trustees of the APA Insurance Trust (2004). He is currently on the Board of Trustees of the American Psychological Foundation (2005-2009) and on the Board of Directors of the Eastern Psychological Association (2005-2008). Sternberg has also been president of the Divisions of General Psychology (1), Educational Psychology (15), Psychology and the Arts (20), and Theoretical and Philosophical Psychology (24) of the APA. Sternberg has been Acting Chair and Director of Graduate Studies in the Department of Psychology.