Workshop 3: Emerging themes in Multiple Intelligences for active participation

Watch other participants’ presentations.

In the forum discuss with the partners the following:

• What evidence have you seen in the presentations to support the theory that there are many ways to be “smart”?
• What might you do to draw on students’ strengths and active participation?
• How do you think students might respond to such activities?

The following questions can serve as a guide to the evaluation of the session:

• How does an understanding of the MI approach change your view on planning and strategies?
• Create a list of 5 principles that are central in the MI approach.
• What is it that you experienced or learnt from this unit?
• Which key words, quotes or exercises do you remember?

Watch the video “How do you teach Multiple Intelligences” (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c2hfnXnrWTw). This is a presentation of activities and ideas to teach through the MI approach and promote active participation.
Discuss the following in the forum:

1. Provide 3-5 activities that promote the theory of MI in classroom.
2. Share an activity you already use in classroom that belongs to MI theory.
3. How such activities promote students’ active participation, social engagement and well being?

1. Using an MI framework leads teachers to offer a greater variety of learning activities.
2. Observing students’ learning preferences generates valuable information about students’ strengths that can inform the development of future lessons.
3. Teachers often begin applying MI by having students assess their intelligences, but a range of factors affects whether students find the assessment useful or meaningful.
4. Students’ regular reflection on their learning shifted and broadened their paradigms of effective and acceptable teaching and learning practices.
5. Teachers perceive a shift in the balance of power in the classroom when they offer students intelligences-informed choices in how they learn and express their understanding.
6. MI-informed education encourages teachers to learn more about their students, and may cause them to increase their expectations of students.adult multiple intelligences research. In Focus on Basics, (Vol. 3, pp. 16-20).

Study the themes presented above through the article by Kallenbach, S. (1999). “Emerging themes in adult multiple intelligences research” (Appendix 3).

Prepare a presentation (e.g. Google Slides, Microsoft Powerpoint, Prezi, etc.) to present one of the 6 key themes.

Ensure that in the Presentation (about 10-15 slides) you involve the following:

1.The key points of the theme (supported with relevant literature).

2.Practical Applications in professional context to support the key theme.

3.Ways it enhances students’ active participation and well being.

Time for Reflection

• What is it that you experienced or learnt from this unit?
• Which key words, quotes or exercises do you remember?