Word: topicalism
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Though Hersh's topic was serious, his tone was informal. He entered laden with suitcases, which he dumped in a corner of the room before speaking. He interacted with the audience members, asking them questions of his own after answering theirs...
Nicholson's main topic was the psychological theories of Sigmund Freud. Nicholson read selections from her writings on the connections between physical differences and the individual's psyche. Nicholson spoke mainly about the views on this topic in the late 18th and early 19th centuries...
...doesn't use conventional grades or report cards, but his performance stands out just the same. "Some students run through their work as if they're on a racetrack. But Mike has the introspection and reflectiveness of a scholar," observes his Latin teacher, Elisa Denja. "His interest in a topic doesn't end in the classroom or with what's in the book...
...most common use of MI is to attack a topic from seven directions to fit in all the intelligences. Take a typical project described in a book published by SkyLight. To teach children about the oceans, it is suggested that they write about cleaning a fish (tapping the linguistic intelligence), draw a sea creature (spatial), "role play" a sea creature (bodily-kinesthetic), use a Venn diagram to compare and contrast ships (logical), tap glasses with different amounts of water (musical), design a water vehicle in a group (interpersonal) and choose a favorite sea creature (intrapersonal). All these activities will take...
...have equal claim to priority," but historically, verbal and math skills may be stronger predictors of job performance than he allows, and employers seem to be placing a higher and higher premium on them. Then there is the problem of superficiality. How deeply can a student comprehend a given topic by relying on his strongest intelligence? Using his hands, Dave may be able to learn about the boats of the settlers, but can a kinesthetic approach help him understand central historical issues, like the reasons the Europeans came to America in the first place...