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76/661margins of games rather than plunging into the center.But Judy is actually a keen observer of the social politicsof her preschool classroom, perhaps the most sophisticatedof her playmates in her insights into the tides offeeling within the others.Her sophistication is not apparent until Judy's teachergathers the four-year-olds around to play what they callthe Classroom Game. The Classroom Game—a dollhousereplica of Judy's own preschool classroom, withstick figures who have for heads small photos of the studentsand teachers—is a test of social perceptiveness.When Judy's teacher asks her to put each girl and boy inthe part of the room they like to play in most—the artcorner, the blocks corner, and so on—Judy does so withcomplete accuracy. And when asked to put each boy andgirl with the children they like to play with most, Judyshows she can match best friends for the entire class.Judy's accuracy reveals that she has a perfect socialmap of her class, a level of perceptiveness exceptionalfor a four-year-old. These are the skills that, in later life,might allow Judy to blossom into a star in any of thefields where "people skills" count, from sales and managementto diplomacy.That Judy's social brilliance was spotted at all, letalone this early, was due to her being a student at theEliot-Pearson Preschool on the campus of Tufts
77/661University, where Project Spectrum, a curriculum thatintentionally cultivates a variety of kinds of intelligence,was then being developed. Project Spectrum recognizesthat the human repertoire of abilities goes far beyondthe three R's, the narrow band of word-and-numberskills that schools traditionally focus on. It acknowledgesthat capacities such as Judy's social perceptivenessare talents that an education can nurture ratherthan ignore or even frustrate. By encouraging childrento develop a full range of the abilities that they will actuallydraw on to succeed, or use simply to be fulfilled inwhat they do, school becomes an education in life skills.The guiding visionary behind Project Spectrum isHoward Gardner, a psychologist at the Harvard Schoolof Education. 7 "The time has come," Gardner told me,"to broaden our notion of the spectrum of talents. Thesingle most important contribution education can maketo a child's development is to help him toward a fieldwhere his talents best suit him, where he will be satisfiedand competent. We've completely lost sight of that.Instead we subject everyone to an education where, ifyou succeed, you will be best suited to be a college professor.And we evaluate everyone along the way accordingto whether they meet that narrow standard of success.We should spend less time ranking children andmore time helping them to identify their natural
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University, where Project Spectrum, a curriculum that
intentionally cultivates a variety of kinds of intelligence,
was then being developed. Project Spectrum recognizes
that the human repertoire of abilities goes far beyond
the three R's, the narrow band of word-and-number
skills that schools traditionally focus on. It acknowledges
that capacities such as Judy's social perceptiveness
are talents that an education can nurture rather
than ignore or even frustrate. By encouraging children
to develop a full range of the abilities that they will actually
draw on to succeed, or use simply to be fulfilled in
what they do, school becomes an education in life skills.
The guiding visionary behind Project Spectrum is
Howard Gardner, a psychologist at the Harvard School
of Education. 7 "The time has come," Gardner told me,
"to broaden our notion of the spectrum of talents. The
single most important contribution education can make
to a child's development is to help him toward a field
where his talents best suit him, where he will be satisfied
and competent. We've completely lost sight of that.
Instead we subject everyone to an education where, if
you succeed, you will be best suited to be a college professor.
And we evaluate everyone along the way according
to whether they meet that narrow standard of success.
We should spend less time ranking children and
more time helping them to identify their natural
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