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Teaching to Multiple Intelligences
Some content areas related to the topic:
- Use of multiple intelligences in the classroom
- Evaluation of multiple intelligences
- Theory of multiple intelligences compared to other psychological theories
- Does NCLB hinder or encourage multiple intelligences?
Needs Assessment
In the world of education it is becoming even more important to connect our teaching to what students will be doing in the "real world". Students will not be reciting mindless facts at a job or take notes on everything. People do not learn the same exact way, that is what makes every student in a classroom different. If a teacher can enhance a students abilities then that creates more working members of society. Multiple intelligences allow teachers to teach different ways and it also encourages cross curricular projects. In an age of information teachers must teach students different ways to apply that information.
Performance Objectives
By the end of this course you will be able to:
- Understand the use of multiple intelligences in the classroom.
- Identify students' learning preferances
- Apply teaching strategies to enhance multiple intelligences
- Evaluate the importance of cross curricular projects
List of Sources
No School Left Behind: How to Increase Student Achievement, by Myles I. Friedman
Many Children Left Behind, by Deborah Meier
Science of Education and the Psychology of the Child, by Jean Piaget
Five Minds for the Future, by Howard Gardner
The Unschooled Mind, by Howard Gardner
Learning Assessment
Students will be evaluated through a series of discussions and learning journals to ensure that the students are meeting the formative assessment. I would like to encourage the development of a cross curricular lesson plan in order to help students meet all intelligences.