MI Chapter 4

     Similar to how the last chapter discussed methods a teacher could use to learn about the intelligences of his students, this chapter discusses how a teacher could teach his students about the intelligences. First it describes how important it is for a student to be aware that there is more than one form of intelligence, and that all of them are intelligent, just in different ways. It says that research has shown that learners benefit from instruction that makes them reflect upon how they best learn, it also stresses that the way this information is presented needs to be inclusive.

    This chapter helped me learn some methods so that I can quickly and effectively teach my students of the Multiple Intelligences theory, and how to make sure I don't instill any negative ideas into students that may be ( as of that moment) lacking in certain areas of intelligence. As we have already learned all students have the capability to become proficient in all 8 intelligence areas, so any discouragement through wrong word use at this point may have a severe effect on the student's development in that intelligence area through the rest of their life. The book relates strategies on how it would be easy to teach MI to what seems to be students of a young age, such as specifying people at the “end-state” of each intelligence like children’s authors for linguistic, or famous illustrators for spatial. Although these are geared towards a younger crowd it could easily be changed to appeal to an older students body, for instance mentioning J.K Rowling or J.R.R Tolkien instead of Dr.Seuss.