Oaks + Lipton chapter three

Lipton and Oaks talk about pyschology and sociology in this chapter. They talk about different theories of how the mind learns and percieves. They mostly talk about Piaget's theories, which I found very interesting. These ideas help me understand the difficulties and the accomplishments I have had while learning. It affirms and gives me a deeper understanding of how one learns. Piaget's theories helped me understand the frustration and ease one feels through learning. The theory that children think differently than adults. How we can move up different levels to understand concepts deeper. It makes me wonder how our creative mind may change from a child to an adult, as we gain more logic as we grow older. I thought the concept of disequiliberium was interesting. How frustration can motivate us, because we want to reach that balanced equilibrium again. When i am frustrated during an art project, this theory will help me talk myself through the frustration.

The most interesting theory was the theory of multidimensional education. We tend to think of education as a linear thing, but there is much depth to one's mind, and it is not that simple. The theory of multidimensional education gives me confidence in the way I learn, because while I was going to public school growing up, I always felt like I was not benefitting from traditional education. It made me feel like i was outside of some norm. But as I am older, it's quite obvious that most schools do not fuse the theory of multidimensional education into their cirriculum, so those who do not benefit from traditional education get cast aside.

The quote I chose from this reading is

Multidimensional Intelligence: one intelligence promotes analytical and critical thinking, one leades to the development of creative new ideas, and one enables humans to respond quickly and productively to everday events and experiences.