Enagagement 2 Multiple Intelligences

1. You may wish to post an OPTIONAL reflection in your blog about the potential in your learning design with ICT to support multiple intelligences.

Firstly, I would just like to say, I'm really enjoying all these questionaires to determine my learning  and intelligence styles.  It has given me such insight into my learning method and I dont feel so "dumb", if I dont understand something for the first time.  Very reassuring!!


After completing the Multiple Intelligence Test, developed by Howard Gardner in 1975, I noticed I was more dominant in two of the eight areas.  Interpersonal (people smart) and Kinaesthetic (body smart).
The remaining areas of the wheel including, Naturalistic (nature smart), Musical (music smart) and Intrapersonal (myself smart) were all similar in size, with the Logical (number smart) section representing a very small part of the wheel. It all makes sense to me now, why I hated Maths so much, yet loved art, english and biology !!!  They were engaging my dominant multiple intelligences.

Some examples of key words that represent my two dominant Multiple Intelligences, are:
Kinaesthetic (Body smart)
Activate, mime, assemble, perform, move, excersise, demonstrate and motion
Interpersoanl ( People smart)
Counsel, interview, organise, relate, group, connecting, empathise, interact, mediate, coordinate.

This in combination with my auditory learning style, determined from the Felder and Solomon's online questionaire gave me greater insight into how I learnt in general, up til now...
My current role as a Paramedic, involves being, "people smart".  Some examples of this are being empathetic, interactive, organised, relatable, able to counsel with patients and peers.  While I also utilised being active (body smart) in my job, moving around, assembling equipment and demonstrating tasks to ensure patient outcomes.

Some examples of pedagogy I could use to best influence this type of learning style could include:

1. Using visual displays around the room, alive and dead.
2. Use video, you tube clips, slides, photos, images on a OHP or laptop power point.
3. Use of colour to highlight words, important ideas.
4. Interactive story telling
5. Bright, "alive" books to learn and read from.
6. Collages, concept maps, highlighted.
7. Movement, whether by myself or the students
8. Design an dbuild tasks
9. Chalk drawing outside.

I have been wondering about an intelligence test or learning style test for young children, from four to twelve.  I will be teaching Primary School. Does anyone have any thoughts or information on that?