MULTIPLE INTELLIGENCES Assoc. Prof. Teodora Valova, PhD St. Cyril and St. Methodius University of Veliko Turnovo eTwinning Professional Development Workshop Sofia April 2013

Structure of the presentation The Multiple Intelligences The common work of different intelligences The ways for presenting of learning context The ways that teachers can draw on Gardner's theory in their classroom

What you hold in your hands you also have in your head Fredens, Kjeld. Why are Manipulatives an Essential Element in the Learning Process of Children

What is Intelligence?

Children think with their whole bodies

Adult’s way Vs. Children way Adults: first the head, then the body Children: first the body, then the head

Have we several intelligences?

The brain as a chest with several drawers

Howard Gardner's Theory

How do the different intelligences work? On a bodily-kinesthetic level

How do the different intelligences work? On a spatial level

On a musical level

On a linguistic level C-U-P

On a logical/mathematical level

All intelligences work together!

Different types of brain

The left and right-handed people Left hemisphere is responsible for analytical and logical thinking, and for the speech The right hemisphere is responsible for imaging, creative thinking and intuition

The effect of mismatch YELLOW BLUE ORANGE BLACK RED GREEN PURPLE YELLOW RED ORANGE GREEN BLACK BLUE RED PURPLE GREEN BLUE ORANGE

Interaction between hemispheres of our brain The right is trying to fix color that's writing The left is trying the importance of writing a word

The school of yesterday

THE SPREAD OF THE WEB 2.0 “VIRUS" In the politic In the communication In the economic In the education

To be a fashionable person

The big exponential explosion of technologies

Technologies can redirect intellectual potential, energy and time making the educational materials more efficient develop and encourage the intellectual potential having more certainty investing in innovations providing students with 21-st century skills

What types of intelligences are used in computing?

Information technology is at the heart of any innovation “Join the world of technology to change the world and the fate of many people.”

Company Logo The three shortcomings of innovation in the modern world Communication Transformation of the human communication: the symbiosis between human – media is intensified Globalization Threatening the users’ identity Curriculum Larger volume of information, smaller meaningful share for integration in the community

“Don’t forget that I'm different from the others, and don’t compare me with your idea of the ideal student. Accept me as I am.”

Educational paradigm: Teaching - Perception

Examination of the body volume

Cross-curricular approach to learning Mathematic Man and Nature Art Design and technology

Company Logo SPEAKING 1 READING 4 WRITING 2 LISTENING 3 DIAGRAMS 5 METAPHORS 6 PRACTICAL ACTIVITY 7 Different ways to present the learning context

Confucius’ words What I hear, I forget. What I see, I remember. What I do, I understand.

Teachers networks eTwinning

Beyond the ‘school curriculum’ European framework of reference on key competences (for lifelong learning)

The three pillars of Gardner's theory By assessing and building on students ‘strengths By providing points of entry to subject matter By creating interdisciplinary curricula

What skills are important for nowadays generation of teachers? What do you need to know and what can you do to make it successful? Proactivity

What should be the approach to teaching young students? To treat them as equals To encourage them to co- operate To solve or do the task themselves

Changes in our students

Successful strategy Be associated with classroom activities To consolidate and extend the knowledge, skills and competences To complement the curriculum To provide an interesting way to present terminology and dry material To develop communication by direct contact To create an environment for integrative and intercultural relations

Let’s return for a moment …… …..to the shoe lace!

The Multiple Intelligences are both separate and interdependent Can we improve upon this situation?

It worst to remember Thomas Eliot words: "Time past and time future what might have been and what has been point to one end, which is always present."

Thank you for your attention!