on 1/18/11 2:10 PM, Fred Bauder at [email protected] wrote: >> The importance to the individual of collaborating within a group. And the >> importance to the group in recognizing, and nurturing, the individual. >> >> From: >> "Amy Chua Is a Wimp" >> By DAVID BROOKS >> Published: January 17, 2011 >> NYT >> >> http://www.nytimes.com/2011/01/18/opinion/18brooks.html?nl=todaysheadlines&e >> mc=tha212 >> >> "Most people work in groups. We do this because groups are much more >> efficient at solving problems than individuals (swimmers are often >> motivated >> to have their best times as part of relay teams, not in individual >> events). >> Moreover, the performance of a group does not correlate well with the >> average I.Q. of the group or even with the I.Q.'s of the smartest >> members. >> >> "Researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Carnegie >> Mellon have found that groups have a high collective intelligence when >> members of a group are good at reading each others' emotions when they >> take turns speaking, when the inputs from each member are managed >> fluidly, >> when they detect each others' inclinations and strengths. >> >> "Participating in a well-functioning group is really hard. It requires >> the >> ability to trust people outside your kinship circle, read intonations and >> moods, understand how the psychological pieces each person brings to the >> room can and cannot fit together." >> >> This also presents to how "home schooling" can produce the >> socially-challenged. >> >> Be healthy, >> >> Marc Riddell > > Heh, > > All backwards, her children, hungry for safe opportunities for social > interaction, will be sitting at home editing Wikipedia most evenings. > Nightclubbing and ski weekends is just not going to work for them. We can > look forward to substantial contributions to math and music. > > Fred > And you consider Wikipedia, right now, to be a "safe opportunity for social interaction"!? Please take a closer, more-objective look, Fred.
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