MI Chapter Four

Teaching Students about MI Theory

This chapter provided some very good ideas about how to integrate the eight intelligences into the classroom. It is a good idea for the students to know that the teacher is trying to integrate the intelligences into the classroom because then they can be looking for the techniques while the class is happening. This will keep the students engaged in the lesson, furthering their chances of understanding it. I will use this idea in my classroom, like Armstrong suggested, by having the students answer some questions at the very beginning of the year. Like he said, it really doesn’t need to be a lengthy activity, basically only needing to be a fraction of the class. I think it is a cool idea to have professionals come into the room to talk about how they use the subject in their everyday life. For example, if I am teaching a calculus class, I can have an engineer come in to talk about the different ways he uses calculus in his job. I think this is important for students to see, because that way they can have their question, that they always ask, and have it answered: “Why do we need to learn this stuff?”  It will be difficult to accommodate for all of the eight intelligences in each lesson; however, the students can help. I will ask my students what will help them to learn the best in my class based on their intelligences and how they learn best. This will give each student a say so they feel like I am being an understanding teacher who is actually interested in helping them learn.