Multiple intelligences

Multiple Intelligences.

I want to share this video with you I've found on Youtube abut Howard Gardner talking about his theory of Multiple Intelligences. I think it's very interesting because with few words he gives us a very clear point of view of how educational systems should be, what would we change, some reasons who brings he to create the theory etc. We have read a lot about this theory but, in my case, I've never heard the own author talking firsthand about it and it has helped me a lot!

Here is it!!

Teaching Vocabulary

As teachers we can teach the vocabulary according to the multiple intelligences to meet everyone's needs.

It is neccesary that we present the vocabulary in a funny way for them, everything in oral way;  no written!

We can use as a strategie repetitions, gestures, differents tones of voice, pictures... in this way we can motivate the children to participate in their process of teaching and learning.

This is an interesting page to know more of how to introduce vocabulary!

http://www.colorincolorado.org/educadores/ensenando/vocabulario/

Multple inteligences

The theory of multiple intelligences breaks with the traditional notion of intelligence as a unitary, unchanging and unchangeable capacity to propose eight types of intelligences.



The more time is devoted to the use of a particular intelligence and when best to be resources and instruction that is received, more intelligent will become the person inside that intelligence.

  

In the school, such as future teachers, we should be aware that each student has a capacity (strength) different in each of the areas of intelligence and create learning opportunities so that all students can learn in the way that is most effective and satisfy the entire range of intelligences of the Group.

But for this, ¨we need to have individuals who are involved in education (teachers and administrators)... we need to have assessment schemes that really convinve everybody that this kind of education is working.... finally there has to be a political commitment that says this is the kind of education that we want to have in our country¨(Gardner)

It is possible? what do you think?