Different Kinds of Smart: Multiple Intelligences This program
delves into Harvard University professor Howard Gardner’s theory
of multiple intelligences, describing how people have learning
skills that differ in significant ways. Featured are teachers
who share a class of five- through eight-year-olds, including
several mainstreamed special needs students, and a ninth- and
10th-grade social studies teacher, with commentary from Howard
Gardner. Feelings Count: Emotions and Learning This 27 minute
video program introduces ways to create an emotionally safe
classroom to foster learning and to deal effectively with
emotions and conflicts that can be obstacles. Featured are a
fifth-grade teacher and an eighth-grade band teacher, with
commentary from Daniel B. Goleman, author of the book Emotional
Intelligence, and Yale University Professor James P. Comer
Learning From Others: Learning in a Social Context Based on Lev
Vygotsky’s work, this program explores how learning relies on
communication and interaction with o