4.
Different Kinds of Smart -
Multiple Intelligences |
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“Howard Gardner’s theory
of multiple intelligences, gives us a different framework for
teaching and thinking in the classroom, as well as how we think
about what people do in life. We rely on lots different abilities
to succeed in life. Different people have those abilities differently
developed, and using the strengths that we have as a pathway
into material actually lets us learn that material more deeply.”
Linda Darling-Hammond |
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Key Questions:
- How are students “smart” in different
ways?
- How can teachers use multiple intelligences in the classroom?
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Learning Objectives:
- Defining intelligence
– Teachers will understand that intelligence is multidimensional
and can be developed. Teachers will consider how definitions
of intelligence inform thinking.
- Gardner's theory of
multiple intelligences – Teachers will consider
and understand eight different intelligences, how they might
be accessed, and how they might be instrumental in helping
students learn.
- Applying the theory of multiple intelligences
– Teachers will become familiar with how the theory
of multiple intelligences can be used in their classrooms
by helping to identify students' strengths, providing entry
points into subject matter, and encouraging students to
represent their understanding in different ways.
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Video
Program
This episode delves into Harvard University
professor Howard Gardner’s theory of multiple intelligences,
describing how people have learning skills that differ
across eight different cognitive pathways. Teachers
Rebecca Young and Georganne Urso-Flores, who share a
class of 5 through 8-year olds that includes several
mainstreamed special needs students at Ann Visger Elementary
School, River Rouge, Michigan, and Tom Romito, a ninth
and tenth grade Social Studies teacher at Lake Orion
High School, Lake Orion, Michigan, are featured to illustrate
how this theory is practiced in classrooms. Harvard
professor Howard Gardner provides expert commentary.
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Key Terms - New in this
Session
bodily-kinesthetic
intelligence
interpersonal
intelligence
intrapersonal
intelligence
linguistic
intelligence
logical-mathematical
intelligence
musical
intelligence
naturalistic
intelligence
pathway
point
of entry
spatial
intelligence |
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