1 / 17

How are they smart?

How are they smart?. Multiple Intelligences and the Religious Education Classroom. Ask yourself:. How did you learn the alphabet? How did you learn to drive? Can you describe a spiral staircase? Say a few things about winter.

marilu
Download Presentation

How are they smart?

An Image/Link below is provided (as is) to download presentation Download Policy: Content on the Website is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use and may not be sold / licensed / shared on other websites without getting consent from its author. Content is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use only. Download presentation by click this link. While downloading, if for some reason you are not able to download a presentation, the publisher may have deleted the file from their server. During download, if you can't get a presentation, the file might be deleted by the publisher.

E N D

Presentation Transcript

  1. How are they smart? Multiple Intelligences and the Religious Education Classroom

  2. Ask yourself: • How did you learn the alphabet? • How did you learn to drive? • Can you describe a spiral staircase? • Say a few things about winter. • Hold your breath for one minute without looking at a watch or clock. • Recite one verse of a poem.

  3. What is this all about? • Gardner’s theory: Frames of Mind, 1983 • Definition of Intelligence • The Great 8 • Figuring it out • Using what we know

  4. Gardner’s theory: • All persons possess the capability of learning and knowing in one or several of eight modes.

  5. Capability of being encoded in symbols Cultural value(or NOT) Set of developmental trajectories Own set of brain structures independent of others Existence of savants Definitions of Intelligence

  6. Linguistic Mathematical/logical Musical Bodily-Kinesthetic Interpersonal Intrapersonal Spatial Naturalist The Eight Intelligences

  7. Linguistic • Ability to think in words: • Preference for reading • Word games • Puns • Thinking in words • Writing prayers, reading stories, scripture

  8. Mathematical • Ability to quantify • Prefer to think in numbers, measures • Prefer order, sequence • Need logic • Like to compare • Order of the Mass, numbers in Scripture

  9. Musical • Ability to associate with music, rhythm • Like to listen to music • Prefer rhythm, rhyme • Remember when asso-ciated with melody

  10. Bodily-Kinesthetic • Ability to make meaning out of motion • Prefer to act out ideas • Need to move to learn • Prefer active learning • Postures of prayer, the Mass, liturgical movement

  11. Interpersonal • Ability to relate • Prefer to talk out ideas • Prefer cooperative learning • Need to relate learning • Shared prayer, Bible discussion, planning prayer services

  12. Intrapersonal • Ability to consult oneself • Prefer working alone • Like to imagine • Like to journal, do introspective writing • Personal, quiet prayer, retreats, prayer journals

  13. Spatial • Ability to illustrate • Prefer looking at pictures, maps, graphs • Like to doodle • Prefer drawing to writing • Iconongraphy, artistic prayer, study of sacred art, architecture

  14. Naturalist • Loves the outdoors • Prefers working with nature • Likes to work with animals, plants • Sensitive to climate/weather • Setting up environment for prayer, outdoor prayer

  15. What Intelligence(s) appeal to you? How do you like to learn? How do you like to spend your free time? How do you teach? How do you pray?

  16. Teaching with MI • How can I match MI with students? • What learning activities can I use to appeal to MI learning? • How can I assess with MI? • What strategies can I use to manage the classroom with MI?

  17. Finally: • Remember: if the only tool you have is a hammer, then everything looks like a nail.

More Related