How can applying M.I. theory help students learn better?
Students begin to understand how they are intelligent. In
Gardner's view, learning is both a social and psychological process. When students
understand the balance of their own multiple intelligences they begin
- To manage their own learning
- To value their individual strengths
Teachers understand how students are intelligent as well as
how intelligent they are. Knowing which students have the potential for strong
interpersonal intelligence, for example, will help you create opportunities
where the strength can be fostered in others. However, multiple intelligence
theory is not intended to provide teachers with new IQ-like labels for their
students.
Students approach understanding from different angles. The
problem, "What is sand?" has scientific, poetic, artistic, musical,
and geographic points of entry.
Students that exhibit comprehension through rubrics,
portfolios, or demonstrations come to have an authentic
understanding of achievement. The accomplishment of the lawyer is in winning
her case through research and persuasive argument, more than in having passed
the bar exam.
Students become balanced individuals who can function as
members of their culture. Classroom activities that teach to the intelligences
foster deep understanding about the essential questions of life, such as: Where
do we come from? What's the world made of? What have humans achieved? What can
we achieve? How does one lead a good life?
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