2. UTILIZING MULTIPLE INTELLIGENCES IN SABBATH SCHOOL A mini-seminar presented for GC Session 2010 “SSPM Tool Time” by May-Ellen Colón, Ph.D.

3. “HUMAN INTELLIGENCE HUNT” Find someone who can...

4. HOWARD GARDNER’S THEORY OF MULTIPLE INTELLIGENCES What is an “intelligence?” “An intelligence is a CAPACITY... that is geared to a specific CONTENT in the world (such as musical sounds or spatial patterns).” Howard Gardner “An intelligence is a biological and psychological potential.” Howard Gardner

5. COMPARISON WITH LEARNING STYLES A learning style designates a GENERAL APPROACH that an individual can apply equally to every conceivable content.” H. Gardner

6. WHAT IF? WHY? WHAT? HOW? Imaginative Relational Learner Dynamic Learner Analytical Learner Common Sense Learner 4 3 1 2 REFLECTING DOING FEELING THINKING Teachers Facilitate Learning.

7. One Learning Cycle 1. Connect the learner to the central concept. Create an experience or have them recall one. 2. Share with them the expert information. Use as many modalities as possible. 3. Have them apply what they’ve learned to their personal life. Test them. 4. Have them explore new possibilities this learning opens up to their lives. Share value.

8. THE CONTENT AND PROCESS OF LEARNING Harvey F. Silver, et. al. So Each May Learn: Integrating Learning Styles and Multiple Intelligences, (Alexandria, VA: Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development, 2000), p. 41.

9. GARDNER’S EIGHT INTELLIGENCES—How do you recognize them?

10. WHAT ARE YOUR INTELLIGENCES?

11. HOW JESUS TAUGHT TO EACH INTELLIGENCE: 1. VISUAL/SPATIAL: Jesus used visuals to help people remember. “And he took bread, gave thanks and broke it, and gave it to them, saying, ‘This is my body given for you; do this in remembrance of me’” (Luke 22:19, NIV).

12. 2. LOGICAL/ MATHEMATICAL: Jesus asked lots of questions. “Why do you notice the little piece of dust in your friend’s eye, but you don’t notice the big piece of wood in your own eye?” (Matthew 7:3).

13. 3. VERBAL/LINGUISTIC: Jesus was a storyteller. “Then he [Jesus] told many things in parables...” (Matthew 13:3, NIV).

14. 4. MUSICAL/RHYTHMIC: Jesus and his disciples sang hymns. “After singing a hymn, they went to the Mount of Olives” (Matthew 26:30).

15. 5. BODILY/KINESTHETIC: Jesus used active learning. “So during the meal Jesus stood up and took off his outer clothes. Taking a towel, he wrapped it around his waist. Then he poured water into a bowl and began to wash the followers’ feet, drying them with the towel that was wrapped around him” (John 13:4-5).

16. 6. INTERPERSONAL/SOCIAL: Jesus used small groups. “Jesus chose 12 men and called them apostles. He wanted them to be with him, and he wanted to send them out to preach” (Mark 3:14).

17. 7. INTRAPERSONAL/INTROSPECTIVE : Jesus modeled solitude and reflection. “He went into the hills to pray. That night, the boat was in the middle of the lake, and Jesus was alone on the land” (Mark 6:46-47).

18. 8. NATURALIST: Jesus used illustrations from nature. “Then he told them many things in parables, saying: “A farmer went out to sow his seed. As he was scattering the seed, some fell along the path, and the birds came and ate it up....” (Matthew 13:3f).

21. WHAT IF? WHY? WHAT? HOW? Imaginative Relational Learner Dynamic Learner Analytical Learner Common Sense Learner 4 3 1 2 REFLECTING DOING FEELING THINKING Teachers Facilitate Learning.

22. 4 1 3 2 Create a reason to know it. Help learners FEEL IT. Teacher is motivator. Teach it to them. Help learners UNDERSTAND IT. Teacher is an information giver. Let them try it. Help learners APPLY IT to their lives. Teacher is a coach. Help them add value and use it in their lives. Help Learners PRACTICE IT. Teacher is an encourager. Sharing the Lesson Readiness Activities Applying the Lesson Bible Lesson Learning Is the Making of Meaning Teachers Facilitate Learning

23. INTEGRATING THE EIGHT MULTIPLE INTELLIGENCES AND THE FOUR LEARNING STYLES

24. THE CONTENT AND PROCESS OF LEARNING Harvey F. Silver, et. al. So Each May Learn: Integrating Learning Styles and Multiple Intelligences, (Alexandria, VA: Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development, 2000), p. 41.

25. HOW MI AND LEARNING STYLES CAN BE COMBINED

26. THE MARRIAGE

27. THE HOUSE OF LEARNING

29. “To learn is a natural pleasure, not confined to philosophers, but common to all” (Aristotle, 4 B.C.).

30. “Our Sabbath Schools should be made more interesting. The public schools have... greatly improved their methods of teaching. Object lessons, pictures, and blackboards are used to make difficult lessons clear to the youthful mind. Just so may present truth be simplified and made intensely interesting to the active minds of the children” (E.G. White, Counsels on Sabbath School Work, p. 114).

31. “I can do everything through Him who gives me strength” (Philippians 4:13, NIV).

32. ? & A