MULTIPLE INTELLIGENCE
What
are the types of Multiple Intelligence?
Linguistic
– Syntax, phonology,
semantics, pragmatics
Musical
–
Pitch,
rhythm, timbre.
Logical-mathematical
– number,
categorization, relations.
Spatial
– Accurate mental
visualization, mental transformation of images.
Bodily-kinesthetic
– Control of one’s own
body, control in handling objects.
Interpersonal
– Awareness of others’
feelings, emotions, goals, motivations.
Intrapersonal
– Awareness of one’s own
feelings, emotions, goals, motivations.
Naturalist
– Recognition and
classification of objects in the environment.
Information
on the Theory of Multiple Intelligences is adapted and excerpted from The
Project Zero Classroom: New Approaches to Understanding. For more
information please visit the following links.
The
Theory of Multiple Intelligences: Harvard University
Learning Styles & Multiple Intelligence
Each
year Mingus Springs features Multiple Intelligence Day where students are
able to experiment in all the areas of intelligence. They enjoy doing
things that come easily to them personally as well as activities that draw
them into new areas of learning.
The levels at Mingus Springs Charter School are broken down as follows: Level 1 includes; Kindergarten and First Grade, Level 2 includes; Second and Third Grades, Level 3 includes; Fourth and Fifth Grades and Level 4 includes; Sixth, Seventh and Eighth Grades.
Multiage Classrooms offer students many advantages that the traditional classroom cannot. Some of those are explained in the column on the right, for more information regarding multiage classrooms please visit the link at the bottom of the right hand column.
Multiage Classrooms Information
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MULTIAGE CLASSROOMS
Create an environment where.....
School
fits child
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Knowing a child over time
increases the teacher’s understanding of the child’s needs and knows
how s/he learns best.
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Research shows better
mental health and greater self esteem in multiage.
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Attendance is better and
school is more fun
*
Multiyear placement
encourages trust, bonding, and a sense of belonging.
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Research on academic
achievement tends to favor multiage.
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At start of year, teacher
knows majority of the class.
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Less repetitive teaching.
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Younger children have
preview of what they will eventually be able to do.
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Opportunity for
“academic eavesdropping” and other ways to move ahead at their own
rate.
Process
approach has long-term benefits
*
Opportunity for all
children to be both the younger and older members of a peer group.
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Learning is experienced as
something personal, laying ground work for lifelong learning.
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Skills and facts are
presented in a context of strategies and concepts that can be tools for
further learning.
Encourages
friendships and learning
*
Experience of a mixed-age
group which many children no longer have at home or in their
neighborhoods.
*
Opportunities for peer
tutoring.
Promotes
cooperation and collaboration
*
Classroom does not focus
on competition between same-age children.
*
Child can work with
children of similar skill level but of different chronological ages.
*
Child can reinforce a
newly learned skill by teaching it to someone else.
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Brings out older
children’s willingness to help younger ones.
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Older children accept
responsibility of being role models.
Accommodates
diversity and inclusiveness
*
Heterogeneous class with
flexible grouping and regrouping.
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Dynamic interaction among
children of different developmental levels, interests, skills and learning
styles.