Multiple Intelligences
Program
Content
The Multiple
Intelligences workshop is based on research by Dr. Gardner,
Harvard University psychologist and author of “Frames of Mind”. Dr.
Gardner asserts that eight areas of intelligence characterize human
beings. The traditional school has focused mainly on math and linguistic
skills but Dr. Gardner suggests that there are at least six other ways
of knowing. He has identified eight intelligences, though he admits
there maybe more. They include verbal-linguistic, logical-mathematical,
bodily-kinesthetic, visual-spatial, music-rhythmic, interpersonal, intrapersonal
and naturalist.
James Cunningham,
presenter for this workshop, has completed training in multiple intelligences
theory at the Kagan Multiple Intelligences Institute. In the Multiple
Intelligences workshop, Mr. Cunningham addresses how multiple intelligences
are best cultivated when children become deeply involved with intriguing
materials and have the opportunity to draw naturally and appropriately
on their eight intelligences.
Workshop
Goal
- To demonstrate
that there are eight valid intelligences and most students possess
all of them
Workshop
Objectives
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To
become familiar with
the eight intelligences
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To
develop practical instructional activities and assessments to elicit
each type of intelligence
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To
align instruction with how students learn in order to give all students
an equal opportunity to excel
