MI Chapter Three, Synthesis

ABSTRACT
Chapter three of Multiple Intelligence was based around showing us educators how to effectively determine which of the eight intelligences our students are showing the most interest in so that we can create an educational curriculum that satisfies their needs. The chapter talks about how observation is one of the strongest tools a teacher can have in helping to determine which intelligences are being used. This chapter tells us that actually paying attention to the ways in which a student misbehaves can help us determine which intelligence they are using. In hindsight they are reverting to their intelligence of choice if the are taken by boredom. Much of this information has been provided by Howard Gardner.

REFLECTION
It seems that the class as a whole has touched upon how teachers can successfully figure out how their students learn. Many of us reported seeing that the chapter is based around deciding which of the eight intelligences our students are shinning in, but that we should not limit them to those intelligences because they should be given the chance to develop others as well. One of the main points that we all touched upon was that observation is the first key method in determining which intelligences our students are, and the chapter has shown us that one of the best observations we can make is through seeing how our students misbehave. As a Block we have seemed to understand the concept that as children or misbehaving, or displaying boredom in the classroom, their actions are most likely a direct link to their strongest of the eight intelligences. I feel that we have also taken from this that the ideas of multiple intelligence are still developing and on the cutting edge of educational methods. I hope we keep in mind that we all have the ability to help in moving the teaching profession forward, striving for greater progress everyday. Ending on that note lets reflect on some of the changes in ideas of intelligence that have been brought about by Gardner and recent decades.