Open AccessEducational and cultural diversity and the case of multiple intelligences theory within a Romanian secondary school
Author(s) -
Virtop Sorin Avram
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
new trends and issues proceedings on humanities and social sciences
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2547-8818
DOI - 10.18844/prosoc.v7i1.4871
Subject(s) - theory of multiple intelligences , intrapersonal communication , diversity (politics) , context (archaeology) , interpersonal communication , cultural diversity , sociology , psychology , cultural pluralism , pedagogy , epistemology , social psychology , geography , philosophy , archaeology , anthropology
This paper approaches the problem of diversity in an educational context. The balance between diversity and unity is an old philosophical question. Education has not been spared the struggle for the answer to this dichotomy. The application of multiple intelligences theory, based on the administration of a MIDAS questionnaire, has revealed a detailed panorama of the potential of a group within the context of the education system. The problem of diversity is not bound to the direct teaching or immediate address of this potential. It is not only a question of the immediate but also a question of what the future holds and how this potential unfolds and is folded by the context of the global village and its speeded time spiral.
Keywords: Educational diversity, cultural diversity, multiple intelligences theory, interpersonal intelligences, intrapersonal intelligence.