Learning About Learning
Glossary
This glossary explains terms used in Learning about Learning. It is not intended to be exhaustive in educational terms, nor does it include an explanation of every word used in the documents and movies. Instead, it seeks to clarify meanings in order to remove potential barriers to understanding and help the reader to appreciate the messages intended more fully.
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| Indirect teaching | Indirect teaching is where, for example, pupils work mainly on their own with books, computer software and worksheets. |
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| Information literacy | The ability to access, evaluate, organise, manipulate and present information (including electronic information). |
| Intelligence | Intelligence is generally considered to represent our ability to think, reason, plan, solve problems, comprehend ideas, make judgements and learn new things. Intelligence is not just about academic learning. It reflects a broader and deeper capability for making sense of the world around us. |
| Interactive teaching | Interactive teaching is where teachers explain ideas, demonstrate practical activities, ask different types of questions, and help pupils to understand how well they have done. |
| Interpersonal intelligence | The ability to relate to and understand other people. These learners are able to sense feelings, intentions and motivations and are adept at recognising non-verbal language, for example body language. Their skills include seeing things from other perspectives, listening, using empathy, understanding other people's moods and feelings and communicating both verbally and non-verbally. |
| Intrapersonal intelligence | The ability to understand ourselves, who we are, and what makes us the way that we are. Such learners are able to recognise their own strengths and weaknesses and have a capacity for self-analysis, awareness of their inner feelings, desires and dreams, evaluating their thinking patterns and reasoning with themselves. |
| Intrinsic motivation | Intrinsic motivation is when we attempt to satisfy a desire, expectation, or goal without being influenced to do so by another person, or by an external incentive or reward. We determine our own goals and expectations, not someone else’s. Intrinsic motivation is sometimes referred to as self-motivation. |
| IQ | An intelligence quotient, or IQ, is a score derived from one of several standardised tests attempting to measure intelligence. |