Interest is the central force that drives the whole machinery of Teaching Learning Process Interest can be the cause of an activity and the result of participation in the activity

WHY ARE STUDENTS INTERESTED IN SOME THINGS AND NOT IN OTHERS Personal Factors Environmental Factors Physical &Mental health Social Development Age, Sex Emotions, sentiments Ideals, motives & goals of life Socio Economic Status of family Culture &social environment Education & Training Opportunities available to him for exploring the potential interests

The Really Important Things for Students to Know… How to make use of accessible information How to use expertise How to become lifelong learners How to find out about the things they don’t know but need to know

Is my teaching effective?

GARDNER’s THEORY OF MULTIPLE INTELLIGENCES We all are smart in different ways in within each intelligence area While we have multiple intelligences, we are often better in some intelligences than others.

7 8 Intelligences – Dr. Howard Gardner Linguistic Logical/ Mathematical Spatial Spatial Bodily/ Kinesthetic Musical Interpersonal Intrapersonal Naturalistic

Activity Please go through the handout to identify your own dominant and recessive intelligence

Verbal/Linguistic intelligence Stories Poems Drama News Reports Jokes Debates picture talk Mock Interviews Chat Shows Puzzles Crosswords Vocabulary Games Magazine Mnemonics

logical- mathematical intelligence spreadsheets graphs calculations reasoning practical experiments

visual- spatial intelligence videos photographs posters flash cards highlight info with color computer aided graphics prepare a scrap book mind mapping

Musical intelligence Subject related songs Background music Use of sounds

Bodily- kinesthetic intelligence actions movement in the class dumb charades passing the parcel ball game Work experience Visit Drama role play Hands on experience

Interpersonal Intelligence Project Method Cooperative method Pair and share Discussion Debate

Intrapersonal Intelligence Ask thought provoking questions Identification of students own opinion Record experiences in a diery self learning material

Naturalistic Intelligence scope for classification Take classes outdoor Provide scope for observation Field Trips

Recognizing that different students have different ways to be “smart "when a student “does not get it” we attempt to reach the student in different way. If there are many ways to be smart, there must be many ways to teach.

Dr. Archana Chaudhari MIT School of Education & Research