Yesterday some parents asked me in private letters whether intelligence and knowledge are the same thing? In fact, they are not the same thing, but they are very closely related.
A child with mental retardation has very little knowledge, but a person who has a certain amount of knowledge does not mean that his intelligence is also very developed.
So what do people say about intelligence?
Intelligence is a mental ability composed of observation, memory, imagination, and thinking. Knowledge is the summary and generalization of human beings to nature, human society and the laws of human thinking. The development of intelligence is achieved through the mastery of knowledge, and the mastery of knowledge depends on the improvement of the level of intelligence.
Let's give an example: the teacher came up with the same arithmetic problem, and the children all calculated correctly, indicating that the children have mastered this knowledge. But if we study it carefully, we will find that some children can only solve problems in one way, some can solve problems in two ways in the same time, and some can use more methods to solve problems quickly and accurately. This shows that although children have the same knowledge, their level of intelligence is either high or low.
Generally speaking, the more knowledge you have, the more open your mind will be. However, the level of intelligence is more related to innate genetic factors, while the mastery of knowledge is more related to acquired learning.
Let's illustrate again, parents will understand. Identical twins with comparable genetic qualities will also show great differences in their intellectual development due to the difference in the amount of acquired knowledge.
Therefore, in the process of educating children, parents must not only let children master certain knowledge, but also pay attention to the cultivation of children's intellectual development.
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