National Team Meeting 16th June 2011 - Paddy Keays

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Caroline McHale

Welcome

Caroline McHale

Multiple Intelligences

Multiple Intelligences• Enhance Learning• No Guarantees…………magic words• Suggestions…Professionals Cautious• Task of Teaching…delicate/sensitive/difficult

• How a student Learns …….complex• Uniqueness of each student ‘Necessity is the mother of invention’

My personal experience of a good Teacher is

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“The Best Teacher Ever”

“The Best Teacher Ever” What was so “special” about this Teacher?

Tweaking the Teaching• We are not looking for a radical overhaul – just a few

tweaks and a bit of polish. In order to do this we need to:

• Be specific and accurately identify which aspects of our performance needs tweeking

• Identify strategies that will enable us to do the tweeking

Where are you now?• Pause and reflect on the quality of lessons you

currently teach. What marks out of ten would you award yourself for the quality of teaching

• Whatever mark you gave yourself you will remain there unless you do something different

• The key question is how are you going to improve it? If you scored 4/10 how will you make it 5/10, or how will you make 8/10 into 9/10

Tweaking the Teaching

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“Tell me and I forget,Show me and I remember,Involve me and I know” Chinese Proverb

How much do you remember?

• Recall peaks a few minutes after the learning experience ends

• Up to 40% of the material is forgotten within 5 minutes!

• Up to 80% of the material is forgotten within 24 hours!

Decide on Choice A. Choice B,or Choice C

“Things to Learn”

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Average Retention Rates• Lecture 5%• Reading 10%• Audio Visual 20%• Demonstration 30%• Discussion 50%• Practice by doing 75%• Teach others 90%

Improve Learning• Build in reward• Use relaxation or energising techniques• High expectations• Use positive, affirming language• Pre- process• Give the big picture first• Chunk it down• Connect left and right for the whole brain learning• Utilise all the intelligences• Provide work at individual, pair and group

Improve learning• Use visual displays• Provide multi-path learning opportunities• Use spiral learning• Provide opportunities to demonstrate new

knowledge• Build in review• Memory maps for note taking• Music in the background• Teach time and priority skills• Use creative visualisation• Build in fun!

Understanding• Asking questions is fundamental to developing

understanding• Asking questions without fear or

embarrassement is crucial to protecting self-esteem

Multiple IntelligencesHoward Gardiner, Psychologist

• Dissatisfied with narrow range of ability that I.Q. tests measure

• Fascinated with how the brain works• Studied different cultures,brain damaged adults

and autistic children• Wanted to devise a broader concept of

intelligence• At least 8 systems for learning and for coming to

awareness

A Change in Emphasis……

Is He/She Clever?To

In What Ways is He/She Clever?

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• Linguistic

• Logical/ mathematical

• Visual/spatial

• Musical

Dr Howard Gardiner identified eight main categories of human intelligence:

Some people excel in one of these areas at the expense of the others, while others have a more balanced profile

• Bodily-kinaesthetic

• Intrapersonal

• Interpersonal

• Naturalist

Linguistic / Verbal• Sensitivity to sounds, rhythms and meanings of

words• Associated with arguing, debating, persuading and

telling stories• Like to read, write and listen• Enjoy writing stories• Often spell words accurately and easily

Identify a linguistic student…Am I Lingistic?

Linguistic / Verbal• Difficult words/ tell a story • Wordgames /Crosswords• Like to hear• Library ….exercising / • Early age……..baby is born with the potential of

learning any language• Improve Travel, Reading, listening to current affairs,

• Notice words• Diary of an entrepreneur

Logical / Mathematical• The capacity to recognise logical or numerical

patterns• Like to experiment, solve puzzles• Enjoy working with numbers and mathematical

formulas• Love the challenge of a complex problem to solve• Ask the questions “how?” and “ why?”

Identify a logical student….Am I Logical?

Logical / Mathematical• Later in childhood• Peaks in adulthood….40• Begin with a logical question…• Order in life• Time lines• Lists• What will happen next?

• Love music and rhythmic patterns• Sensitive to sounds in the environment• Often reproduce a melody after hearing it only

once• Like to have music in the background when

working• Often quite skilled at mimicking sounds, language

and accents

Musical

Identify a musical intelligent studentAm I musically Intelligent?

• Early and remains• Power Christmas/funerals/• Beta- attentive – Problem solving• Alpha – relaxed – learning• Theta – meditation• Delta – deep sleep• Key words to a familiar tune or rap• Suzuki

Musical

Visual / Spatial• Think in images and pictures• Often aware of objects, shapes, colours and

patterns• Like to draw, paint, make interesting designs and

patterns• Love jigsaw puzzles, reading maps and

daydreaming• Strong opinions about such things as colours that

go together, textures that are appropriate and pleasing!

Identify a visual intelligent student..Am I visually intelligent?

Visual / Spatial• Mind maps • Visualisation – Waitress• Montessori• Lines boring• Imagination• Colour

Bodily / Kinesthetic• Control of body movements and the capacity to

handle objects skillfully• Learn through their body sensations, enjoy

touching, feeling and tapping• Enjoy roleplay simulations, physical exercises• Movement is essential• Easily bored if they are not actively involved

Identify a kinesthetic Student….Am I Kinesthetically Intelligent?

Bodily / Kinesthetic• Drive• Cross crawl• Oxygen - stand increase oxygen by 10%• Roleplay• Movement is essential

Intrapersonal

• Like to work alone• Self reflective• Think about thinking• Highly intuitive• Inwardly motivated rather than needing

external rewards• Other people will come to them for advise

Identify an Intrapersonal student..Am I Intrapersonal person?

Interpersonal • Sensitivity to moods, feelings, motivation and desires

of other people• Enable us to work with others• Listen effectively, negotiate, handle conflicts and get

along well with diverse groups of people• Enjoy participating in cooperative learning groups

Identify an interpersonal Intelligent student?Am I an Interpersonal person?

Naturalist • Notice characteristics and patterns of the

environment• Like to collect items from nature, study them

and group them• Farmers, gardners, botanists, geologists,

florists.

Identify a naturalist Intelligent student…Am I a naturalist intelligent person?

You may be interested in knowing what engineers discovered in a wind tunnel about why geese fly in a “V” formation. As each bird flaps its wings, it creates lift for the goose immediately

following. By flying in a “V” formation, the whole flock adds at least 71% greater range than if each bird flew on its own. Whenever a goose falls out of formation, it suddenly feels the drag and resistance of trying to go it alone, and moves back into formation to take advantage of the lifting power of the bird immediately in front. When the lead goose gets tired, it rotates back in

the wind and another goose flies point. The geese honk from behind to encourage those up front to keep their speed. Finally, when a goose gets sick, or is wounded by gun shots and falls out of

formation, two geese fall out with him and follow him down to help protect them. They stay with him until he is either able to fly, or until he is dead. Then they launch out on their own or

with another formation to catch up with the group

Multiple Intelligences• Try this Multiple Intelligences Self Test to see what your profile is.• Treat it as fun and concentrate on what you seem best at afterwards.

Note; These scores are not fixed forever……

Enjoy

When we tap into our strongest intelligences……

We hit a pool of energy• Our attention is caught• Our interest is aroused• Our understanding is enhanced• Our memory is improved

“Multiple Intelligences does not demand an overhaul of a

Curriculum; it merely provides a framework for enhancing instruction

and a language to describe ones efforts”

With regard to discipline• Weak in a particular intelligence eg Linguistic Talking is the least effective approach to

convey the seriousness of a discipline issue

• An appreciation of my own intelligences and an awareness of the students Multiple Intelligences.

• A perspective on possibilities for Enhancing Teaching.

• Confidence to stay out of my comfort zone for longer periods!

A Journey of a Thousand Miles starts with the First Step!

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• We rarely use a single intelligence on its own…………………

• We will invite you to do just that, so you can check out how you feel and what you think about that intelligence…………

Work Shop • A very practical and fun approach to Multiple Intelligences!• Each person must attempt 8 tasks representing the different Intelligences.

Enjoy!

Multiple Intelligences• Does the theory make sense in the light of your

experience?• How does it affect your view of the students?• Does it affirm your current work?• Does it offer good Resources For Teaching? • Does it show useful ways of engaging students in

their learning?

Multiple Intelligences Determine what is most appropriate for my

teaching approach, Content, and students.1. One intelligence 2. Students choice3. Other………………

A key to meeting the needs of the many different types of learner is variety.

But variety does not happen by chance – it has to be planned for.

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That’s all very well (but!!!)and

• Class Size• Time Factor• Lack of Awareness• Comfort Zone• Resistance to Change• School Culture• Others…………………………..

That’s all very well but!!!! Issues Strategies

email :cmchale99@eircom.net

087 9598538

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Thank You

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Contact Details

Caroline McHaleNational Co-ordinator for Business and Enterprise087 9598538carolinemchale@pdst.ie business@pdst.ie

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