In 1983, Howard Gardner established the Multiple Intelligences Theory (Armstrong, 2013). In his theory, Gardner, who was a Harvard University professor at the time, suggested that the once believed three categories which indicated ways that people learned, was too limited (Armstrong, 2013 & “Howard Gardner’s Theory,” n.d.). Based on a number of I.Q. tests, Gardner established eight aspects of intelligences which consist of Visual-Spatial, Bodily-kinesthetic, Musical, Interpersonal, Intrapersonal, Linguistic, Logical-mathematical and Naturalist Intelligences (Armstrong, 2013). Through his theory, Gardner suggested that “we are all able to know the world through language, logical-mathematical analysis, spatial representation, musical thinking,
…show more content…
Musical Intelligence, according to Smith (2008), “involves skill in performance, composition, and appreciation of musical patterns”. A couple of times, Joseph would be running all over the room, but as soon as the teacher started doing repetitive rhymes and songs, he would calm down and participate with the rest of the class. Joseph’s reactions to rhymes and songs have indicated that he appreciates and enjoys music. Joseph also demonstrates Gardner’s Visual-Spatial Intelligence. According to Lane (n.d.), “visual media help students acquire concrete concepts, such as object identification, spatial relationship, or motor skills where words alone are inefficient”. In class, he completes the projects that they work on by looking at examples that the teacher provides or by looking at his other classmates’ work. Joseph also looks at the pictures on the outside of the baskets before he puts toys in them while he is cleaning up the …show more content…
With that said, I would use that to modify my lessons to ensure that he is engaged in the classroom activities. Because those that possess bodily-kinesthetic intelligence like to “do” as oppose to seeing or hearing, I would provide hand-on projects for him to work on that still includes all learning content within the lessons (Hoekstra-de Roos, n.d.). Another way that I would modify lesson plans to best teach him would be to create lesson plans with a lot of movement. Those with bodily-kinesthetic intelligence “learn best through movement” (Hoekstra-de Roos, n.d.). An example of adding movement in a lesson would be when trying to teach Joseph the ABCs, I could make up a dance to the different
Musical Intelligence, according to Smith (2008), “involves skill in performance, composition, and appreciation of musical patterns”. A couple of times, Joseph would be running all over the room, but as soon as the teacher started doing repetitive rhymes and songs, he would calm down and participate with the rest of the class. Joseph’s reactions to rhymes and songs have indicated that he appreciates and enjoys music. Joseph also demonstrates Gardner’s Visual-Spatial Intelligence. According to Lane (n.d.), “visual media help students acquire concrete concepts, such as object identification, spatial relationship, or motor skills where words alone are inefficient”. In class, he completes the projects that they work on by looking at examples that the teacher provides or by looking at his other classmates’ work. Joseph also looks at the pictures on the outside of the baskets before he puts toys in them while he is cleaning up the …show more content…
With that said, I would use that to modify my lessons to ensure that he is engaged in the classroom activities. Because those that possess bodily-kinesthetic intelligence like to “do” as oppose to seeing or hearing, I would provide hand-on projects for him to work on that still includes all learning content within the lessons (Hoekstra-de Roos, n.d.). Another way that I would modify lesson plans to best teach him would be to create lesson plans with a lot of movement. Those with bodily-kinesthetic intelligence “learn best through movement” (Hoekstra-de Roos, n.d.). An example of adding movement in a lesson would be when trying to teach Joseph the ABCs, I could make up a dance to the different