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Post by kristine14 on Oct 5, 2014 20:34:48 GMT -5
Chapter 4, Brown, purple book =)
Why do you think it is important to incorporate Howard Gardner's multiple intelligences in your teaching? Which multiple intelligence(s) apply to you and your learning style? Which multiple intelligences have you seen incorporated in the classroom? Which ones would you like to include in your classroom/future classroom?
Here are a couple websites that further explain Gardner's multiple intelligences:
www.tecweb.org/styles/gardner.html
www.tecweb.org/styles/gardner.html
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Post by kara on Oct 9, 2014 12:53:29 GMT -5
I think its really important to make sure as a teacher we understand the different ways it is possible to learn. Some people need more social interaction in order to understand, and others are more shy, over more introverted and feel to uncomfortable with too much social interaction. For me I have always been a very Visual-Spatial learner because it allowed me to incorporate art into subjects i didn't necessarily care about. It also allowed me to be an Intrapersonal learner, since being in large groups was sometimes uncomfortable. I think it is important to accommodate for students who are more shy, and always have an open option of weather or not students can work in groups. Some students need the group interaction, others can't stand it.
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Post by ayteama on Oct 11, 2014 13:12:53 GMT -5
How awesome is this topic, I really love it alot. I think my learning style was Linguistic to some extent.
I think the most important part is the variety of options; Visual-Spatial, Bodily-kinesthetic, Musical, Interpersonal, Intrapersonal, Linguistic, and Logical -Mathematical. I used to see effective teachers using Interpersonal Intelligence always, but the best strategy is to apply all of them in the same time according to how different the students are. I think Musical Intelligence is the hardest to be applied. I can't make up any sponge activities or teaching styles applying this intelligence creatively. Do you have any suggestions ?
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Post by Nadia Stashenko on Oct 12, 2014 23:16:53 GMT -5
I believe that it's important to incorporate Howard Gardner's multiple intelligence's in your teaching because your classroom always consists of students who are different types of learners and all students might have different needs. By incorporating or using Gardner's multiple intelligence's in your teaching allows you to meet the needs of all the different learners in your classroom including ELL students. For example, using the visual-spatial approach might be effective when working with ELL's because you can use visuals when speaking so they can better comprehend what you are saying since they are able to see what your talking about. I am also a visual learner because I perform best when I am able to see how its visually done or taught. The learning style that I seen most often used with the age group I work with is kinesthetic, musical and visual. In my classroom however I try to incorporate a little bit of each of the learning styles. However the most effective that is for my students who are very young is the visual-spatial,musical and bodily-kinesthetic. I mostly work with 5 year old's and I noticed that they are more engaged when I incorporate visuals and then mini exercises or songs to go with their learning. Like including a rhyming song when learning rhyming words and including pictures to go along with the rhyming words.
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Post by nstashenko on Oct 12, 2014 23:19:34 GMT -5
Sorry i'm not sure why the above response that I made posted using a guest name. I believe that it's important to incorporate Howard Gardner's multiple intelligence's in your teaching because your classroom always consists of students who are different types of learners and all students might have different needs. By incorporating or using Gardner's multiple intelligence's in your teaching allows you to meet the needs of all the different learners in your classroom including ELL students. For example, using the visual-spatial approach might be effective when working with ELL's because you can use visuals when speaking so they can better comprehend what you are saying since they are able to see what your talking about. I am also a visual learner because I perform best when I am able to see how its visually done or taught. The learning style that I seen most often used with the age group I work with is kinesthetic, musical and visual. In my classroom however I try to incorporate a little bit of each of the learning styles. However the most effective that is for my students who are very young is the visual-spatial,musical and bodily-kinesthetic. I mostly work with 5 year old's and I noticed that they are more engaged when I incorporate visuals and then mini exercises or songs to go with their learning. Like including a rhyming song when learning rhyming words and including pictures to go along with the rhyming words.
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Post by kristine14 on Oct 13, 2014 13:27:47 GMT -5
Great responses! Everyone learns differently which is why it is important to implement different teaching styles. I've noticed that working with ESL adults, visuals are great, mostly because pictures are universal. I use visuals when they have a difficult time trying to understand the vocabulary I am trying to teach.
I feel that I am a kinesthetic learner because I like to be actively involved in hands-on activities. I remember more information when I am able to participate. Also, I feel that movement is important even for adults because sometimes the material can be boring, and they need a break.
I think you can incorporate music into any activity. I've had professors that made us do "Piggyback songs." This is where you use a familiar children's or nursery song and make up your own lyrics based on the topic. You can find songs or poems about any topic on YouTube. I feel that students remember information better when it is put to music. Think about all the songs and lyrics we've memorized! |
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Post by nancy27c on Oct 15, 2014 20:52:52 GMT -5
I learn through visual/spacial, bodily/kinesthetic, interpersonal, mathmatical/logical, and musical learning styles. I know from my own experiences that interpersonal and visual/spacial are important to me and that is why I have a hard time with internet based classes. I believe that knowing your own personal styles and doing periodic learning inventories is important to teaching because being aware of your own stlye can help to identify students who don't respond to a style of teaching. This helps to make a better teacher by being aware that not every student learns the same way, and we can adjust for individual instruction or add multiple styles into our instruction in order to teach to all students.
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Post by Maria on Oct 16, 2014 15:30:35 GMT -5
It's important to incorporate Howard Garner's multiple intelligences because all students learn differently. A good teacher can evaluate his/her students and adjust a lesson if neccessary and present it in a number of ways. I'm personally a visual-spatial and interpersonal learner. Drawing a picture, seeing a physical image; using videos, charts, and graphs all enhance my learning. I can also learn through interaction as a method of reinforcing my thoughts and ideas if i'm unsure about a particular topic. I've seen all of these learning styles incorporated in the classroom and would like to someday teach using all of them. There's a few methods i'm not comfortable with just yet but it'd be important for me to push out of my comfort zone to benefit the students.
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