Indywidualizacja procesu kształcenia uczniów edukacji wczesnoszkolnej. Ujęcie z perspektywy międzyludzkich różnic w zakresie zdolności kierunkowych
The Individualization of the Educational Process of Early School Students. Considered from the perspective of interpersonal differences concerning directional abilities

Author(s): Magdalena Christ
Subject(s): Social Sciences, Pedagogy
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Śląskiego
Summary/Abstract: The presented subject was inspired by Howard Gardner’s theory of multiple intelligences,according to which human cognitive competence or agility is best described interms of a set of abilities, talents or mental skills, commonly referred to as intelligences.The theoretical topics of choice were juxtaposed with excerpts of research, whiledefinitional considerations were closely connected to the terms and issues included inthe coverage. The paper contains the elaboration on instances of initiatives stronglyoriented towards the individualization of the educational process, good practices andplaces which inspire to take action and which constitute shining examples, and laterfocuses on students’ talents and skills.The theoretical part presents the assumptions of Gardner’s theory of multiple intelligences,its application in educational practice in Poland and abroad, and also examplesof educational programs inspired by this theory. It also shows the selected results ofrelated empirical research conducted so far, including the voices of criticism aimed atGardner’s theory. The pieces of information concerning the theory of multiple intelligenceswere based on the analysis of Polish and foreign literature. The fundamentalpart is constituted by the description of the results of own researches, composed of theanalysis of data gathered from opinion polls and obtained from diagnostic examinationsconducted in first-grade classes of primary school.The paper is addressed to a broad spectrum of readers — theorists and practitioners— researchers, teachers, students of liberal arts as well as social science.

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