How much has changed since when we went to school and how much was valued back then: linguistic and mathematical abiliites and so very little else in the way of Gardner's theory of intelligence. What message have we really transmitted generations of people about their own intelliegence? I know my background as a social worker and school counselor:intrapersonal and interpersonal intelligence was never mentioned or developed in any organized way through our school system. There weren't alot of opportunities for children. However, now with more clubs, sports and outside activities all intelligences can fully developed.
I can also look as an educator and parent at my own children and see their strengths: my daughter/linguistic, working on her journalism degree and her writing for the university newspaper. While my son crunching numbers: batting averages, pass completion and minutes played to percentages fits his ability in math.
This chapter is concise with its overall MI theory summary chart. It is a helpful way to summarize it all
We all have inner gifts, don't we? It is so nice to be reminded of that when we don't feel so bright ourselves. I am not a linguistic person when it comes to writing but I can use words effectively orally. I would say I am strongest at interpersonal and bodily-kinesthetic. I love to visit with all different kinds of people. Sometimes it is a problem when two people I may not even know are having an argument. I feel upset and sad for them. Another time is when I am at a play. I can get nervous for the person who is acting when they may not even be nervous themselves. Bodily-Kinesthetic is my ability to fix things and make things. My husband has me do all the little fixing projects around the house. He is very musical and linguistic. I enjoyed this first chapter. Thomas Armstrong is much easier to read than Howard Gardner for me anyway. It is that weakness in the linguistic and logical-mathematical intelligences.
I am readiing Armstrongs' latest book "The Best Schools" and he laments the fact that we have really empasized lately Academic Achievement instead of Human Development which he maintains is so much more important...I suspect that a guidance counselor has to feel hamstrung sometimes over the test and grade mania vs how to develop great kids with super values...or the classroom teacher who is very creative but is stifled because of test scores...its a great book and may headline another class...thanks for your input
Depending on how I am feeling for the day...I think I hit many of the MI. My wife will agree that depending on the situation I can become quite a talker. She thinks I get that from my mom who was also a teacher. Compared to her I am the social butterfly of our marriage.
I teach Math so I do like crunching numbers with the checkbook and so on. I am also in charge (self-appointed) of the online bill pay etc and most of the finances. But my wife will put me in my place by correcting me on a math problem.
At times I would argue that I like to day a hard days work. Whether putting up a fence, baling hay or officiating basketball (all day).
But I am also one not to give up on a little couch time if I can squeeze it in without being interrupted. Also when mowing the lawn or pasture I do spend a lot of time reflecting on the days happenings.
During class work time I play a variety of music to keep the students working and make them feel comfortable about what they are learning. I also enjoy listening to many kinds of music myself. Although now that has taken a back seat to the Brewers.
I will say that I do not enjoy playing sports now as much as I did when I was younger. My wife continues to play volleyball but I really prefer not to get all that dirty in the sand. I do still enjoy downhill skiing and look forward to that every snow fall.
These are the MI that I feel are most important to me.
Hi Tom...important to know that we have all 8 but some emerge at different junctures in our lives...and sometimes we can muster up enough of a specific intelligence if we need it...by the way the Brewers take over the airwaves in our house too!
Thinking back to the education I received, I probably remember worksheets, lectures , memorizing dates (Sorry, Barney), tests and more tests. I do not recall group work or creative lessons. (I believe that came after I graduated!!) Maybe that is why I chose a field in vocational education. U.W.- Stout provided an abundance of educational opportunities that structured around the Bodily-Kinesthetic, Interpersonal , and Spacial intelligence. That was for me!! Growing up on a resort provided me with the enrichment to develop many of these intelligences.
It baffles me that my children have degrees in finance and economics. I do not have the math skills!! According to the chart under developmental factors ,Mathematical Intelligence peaks in adolescence and in early adulthood. So I guess that is out of reach for me!! However, my children are are very interpersonal which relates to their nurturing and activities they have been involved with. They definitely are leaders in their occupations.
A point that interested me from this chapter stated intelligences usually work together in complex ways. In my FCE classroom, I recognize how the intelligences are interacting with each other. They used the example of cooking meals. Yes, this is done in my food classes.
Lastly, I feel students need to learn how to solve problems. In order to do this they must use their MI. Therefore, we as teachers need to structure our lessons using their intelligences. Hopefully, we can develop more responsible, respectful, and cooperative students who will be successful in our society.
Hi Sue..ouch!!! I know the dates stuff would come back to haunt me...thanks to some creative workshops in the early 70's and my getting some great exposure through my Masters I changed...but the real change came when we went to the block schedule...I had to change...
I used the MI theory to try and compare my own children and what the strengths of a 6,5 and 2 year old would be. My 6 year old is a very strong in spatial, musical and interpersonal areas. She is the only person in our house with any sort of artistic or musical skills. In fact she won in art contest as a kindergartener for K-2nd graders and we have know idea how she could do it, because both her parents are such terrible artists. Our 5 year old girl and 2 year old boy are both very good in Bodily-Kinesthetic areas. Both love dance, gymnastics, and my son has to have a ball in his hands at all times. Our 5 year old scrares us with her interpersonal skills. My wife and I are both very outgoing an she is so shy and to herself that we are holding her out of kindergarten for another year (she has a July birthday, so hopefully she will start to develop this a little more) In my teaching I am trying to use more music in my classroom and include more art projects to reach those other intelligences. Although there is nothing better than teaching a spring class with an afternoon Brewer game on the radio.
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How much has changed since when we went to school and how much was valued back then: linguistic and mathematical abiliites and so very little else in the way of Gardner's
theory of intelligence. What message have we really transmitted generations of people about their own intelliegence? I know my background as a social worker and school counselor:intrapersonal and interpersonal intelligence was never mentioned or developed in any organized way through our school system. There weren't alot of opportunities for children. However, now with more clubs, sports and outside activities all intelligences can fully developed.
I can also look as an educator and parent at my own children and see their strengths: my daughter/linguistic, working on her journalism degree and her writing for the university newspaper. While my son crunching numbers: batting averages, pass completion and minutes played to percentages fits his ability in math.
This chapter is concise with its overall MI theory summary chart. It is a helpful way to summarize it all
We all have inner gifts, don't we? It is so nice to be reminded of that when we don't feel so bright ourselves. I am not a linguistic person when it comes to writing but I can use words effectively orally. I would say I am strongest at interpersonal and bodily-kinesthetic. I love to visit with all different kinds of people. Sometimes it is a problem when two people I may not even know are having an argument. I feel upset and sad for them. Another time is when I am at a play. I can get nervous for the person who is acting when they may not even be nervous themselves. Bodily-Kinesthetic is my ability to fix things and make things. My husband has me do all the little fixing projects around the house. He is very musical and linguistic.
I enjoyed this first chapter. Thomas Armstrong is much easier to read than Howard Gardner for me anyway. It is that weakness in the linguistic and logical-mathematical intelligences.
I am readiing Armstrongs' latest book "The Best Schools" and he laments the fact that we have really empasized lately Academic Achievement instead of Human Development which he maintains is so much more important...I suspect that a guidance counselor has to feel hamstrung sometimes over the test and grade mania vs how to develop great kids with super values...or the classroom teacher who is very creative but is stifled because of test scores...its a great book and may headline another class...thanks for your input
Depending on how I am feeling for the day...I think I hit many of the MI. My wife will agree that depending on the situation I can become quite a talker. She thinks I get that from my mom who was also a teacher. Compared to her I am the social butterfly of our marriage.
I teach Math so I do like crunching numbers with the checkbook and so on. I am also in charge (self-appointed) of the online bill pay etc and most of the finances. But my wife will put me in my place by correcting me on a math problem.
At times I would argue that I like to day a hard days work. Whether putting up a fence, baling hay or officiating basketball (all day).
But I am also one not to give up on a little couch time if I can squeeze it in without being interrupted. Also when mowing the lawn or pasture I do spend a lot of time reflecting on the days happenings.
During class work time I play a variety of music to keep the students working and make them feel comfortable about what they are learning. I also enjoy listening to many kinds of music myself. Although now that has taken a back seat to the Brewers.
I will say that I do not enjoy playing sports now as much as I did when I was younger. My wife continues to play volleyball but I really prefer not to get all that dirty in the sand. I do still enjoy downhill skiing and look forward to that every snow fall.
These are the MI that I feel are most important to me.
Hi Tom...important to know that we have all 8 but some emerge at different junctures in our lives...and sometimes we can muster up enough of a specific intelligence if we need it...by the way the Brewers take over the airwaves in our house too!
Thinking back to the education I received, I probably remember worksheets, lectures , memorizing dates (Sorry, Barney), tests and more tests. I do not recall group work or creative lessons. (I believe that came after I graduated!!) Maybe that is why I chose a field in vocational education. U.W.- Stout provided an abundance of educational opportunities that structured around the Bodily-Kinesthetic, Interpersonal , and Spacial intelligence. That was for me!!
Growing up on a resort provided me with the enrichment to develop many of these intelligences.
It baffles me that my children have degrees in finance and economics. I do not have the math skills!! According to the chart under developmental factors ,Mathematical Intelligence peaks in adolescence and in early adulthood. So I guess that is out of reach for me!! However, my children are are very interpersonal which relates to their nurturing and activities they have been involved with. They definitely are leaders in their occupations.
A point that interested me from this chapter stated intelligences usually work together in complex ways. In my FCE classroom, I recognize how the intelligences are interacting with each other. They used the example of cooking meals. Yes, this is done in my food classes.
Lastly, I feel students need to learn how to solve problems. In order to do this they must use their MI. Therefore, we as teachers need to structure our lessons using their intelligences. Hopefully, we can develop more responsible, respectful, and cooperative students who will be successful in our society.
Hi Sue..ouch!!! I know the dates stuff would come back to haunt me...thanks to some creative workshops in the early 70's and my getting some great exposure through my Masters I changed...but the real change came when we went to the block schedule...I had to change...
I used the MI theory to try and compare my own children and what the strengths of a 6,5 and 2 year old would be. My 6 year old is a very strong in spatial, musical and interpersonal areas. She is the only person in our house with any sort of artistic or musical skills. In fact she won in art contest as a kindergartener for K-2nd graders and we have know idea how she could do it, because both her parents are such terrible artists. Our 5 year old girl and 2 year old boy are both very good in Bodily-Kinesthetic areas. Both love dance, gymnastics, and my son has to have a ball in his hands at all times. Our 5 year old scrares us with her interpersonal skills. My wife and I are both very outgoing an she is so shy and to herself that we are holding her out of kindergarten for another year (she has a July birthday, so hopefully she will start to develop this a little more)
In my teaching I am trying to use more music in my classroom and include more art projects to reach those other intelligences. Although there is nothing better than teaching a spring class with an afternoon Brewer game on the radio.
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