IQ, EQ, and the development of latent intelligence

Author: Wu Yifeng, Editor-in-Chief
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Publish Date: 2000-05-01
Features: In today's world, science and technology are advancing rapidly, the knowledge economy is emerging, and national power competition is becoming increasingly intense. The competition for comprehensive national strength is increasingly reflected in economic strength, military strength, and national cohesion. The strength of a nation is increasingly determined by the quality of its workforce, as well as the quantity and quality of various talents. On June 15, 1999, General Secretary Jiang Zemin delivered an important speech at the National Education Conference, where he made incisive arguments about the fundamental role and significance of education, the urgency and importance of advancing quality education, as well as the direction and tasks of educational reform. Jiang Zemin said, "It is necessary to change the educational concepts and models that hinder students' innovative spirit and ability. This is especially true for the one-way transmission of knowledge by teachers, the use of exam scores as the sole measure of educational outcomes, and overly rigid and inflexible educational systems. We must make efforts to cultivate a group of true academic leaders and top talents who can stand at the forefront of world science and technology." To effectively develop each student's potential based on their unique strengths, teachers and parents must have a certain understanding of the concept of intelligence, the structure of intelligence, the development process of intelligence, emotional intelligence and emotional education, the function of the right brain and the development of creativity, as well as the types and methods of learning. In these areas, each of us needs to continuously learn and explore. In these areas, we face a very urgent task. Even when it comes to the development of intelligence, it cannot be solved by relying on a single subject. Its complexity far exceeds our imagination. The best research method we can currently use is the comprehensive integration method. This course follows this line of thought and methodology, integrating the achievements of pedagogy, psychology, neuroscience, thinking science, and systems science to strive to grasp several main directions of potential intelligence development from different perspectives and provide practical operational guidance for teachers and parents.