MI CH 5

Abstract:
Chapter Five discusses how to integrate the idea of multiple intelligences into teaching. A brief history of various early forms of teaching that took intelligences into consideration shows that it is definitely in students' best interest. Next, a traditional teacher is compared with an MI teacher. It then describes some of the ways one might carry out teaching in each intelligence. A seven-step procedure is given, which outlines the process a teacher might use in order to use as many intelligences as possible in their lessons. Some key questions are given that teachers can use to plan their lessons. An eight-day lesson plan is used as an example of one way to make sure each intelligence is catered to in a given unit.

Reflection:
One thing that stuck out in the chapter, probably more than anything to one of our group members, was the description/ comparison of an MI teacher to a traditional teacher. After reading the nine examples they gave, she could not help but notice that her Physics teacher in high school had done ALL of them, VERY frequently. She always felt he was a very effective teacher, but never could explain exactly why. She now realizes that he appeals to every intelligence on a daily basis. She can only hope that having him as a teacher for two years will have given her enough ideas to be an effective teacher as well.