a workshop on multiple intelligences

A Workshop on Multiple Intelligences By: Iwan Syahril

Objectives

• To review the theory of Multiple Intelligences (MI).

• To explore ways to integrate MI theory into curriculum/lessons.

Agenda

• Housekeeping

• Inner-Outer Circles

• Group formation - successful people

• MI Stations

• MI in Teaching and Learning

Inner-Outer Circles

Let’s meet and greet!

Jot down names of successful people. Write as many as you can in 1 minute.

Is Picasso less of a genius than Einstein?

Multiple Intelligences

• MI STATIONS.

• Cooperative Learning Structure:

1.Encourager.

2.Recorder.

3. Logistics & Time-keeper.

4. Reader.

5. Manager.

Multiple Intelligences• Intelligences, not intelligence.

• Intelligence is:

1.The ability to solve problems that one encounters in real life.

2.The ability to generate new problems to solve.

3.The ability to make something or offer service that is valued within one’s culture.

Old View New View• Intelligence was fixed.

• Intelligence was measured by number.

• Intelligence was unitary.

• Intelligence was measured in isolation.

• Intelligence was used to sort out students and predict their success.

• Intelligence can be developed.

• Intelligence is not numerically quantifiable and is exhibited during a performance or problem-solving process.

• Intelligence can be exhibited in many ways - multiple intelligences.

• Intelligence is measured in context/real-life situations.

• Intelligence is used to understand human capacities and the many and varied ways students can achieve.

Multiple Intelligences• Verbal-Linguistic Intelligence

• Logical-Mathematical Intelligence

• Visual-Spatial Intelligence

• Musical-Rhythmic Intelligence

• Bodily-Kinesthetic Intelligence

• Interpersonal Intelligence

• Intrapersonal Intelligence

• Naturalist Intelligence

Verbal-Linguistic Intelligence Word Smart• Ability to: speak or write

effectively.

• Sensitivity to: the sounds, meanings, structures, and styles of language.

• Inclination for: speaking, writing, listening, reading.

• Teacher, religious leader, politician, poet, journalist, novelist, copywriter, editor.

• Soekarno, Rendra, Buya Hamka, Shakespeare, JK Rowling, Andrea Hirata.

Logical Mathematical Intelligence Number Smart• Ability to: work effectively with numbers

and reason effectively.

• Sensitivity to: patterns, numbers and numerical data, causes and effects, objective and quantitative reasoning.

• Inclination for: finding patterns, making calculations, forming and testing hypotheses, using scientific method, deductive and inductive reasoning.

• Accountant, statistician, economist, engineer, scientist, programmer.

• Einstein, Habibie, Johannes Surya, Bill Gates, Ibnu Sina, Newton.

Visual Spatial Intelligence Picture Smart• Ability to: create visually, and visualize

accurately.

• Sensitivity to: colors, shapes, visual puzzles, symmetry, lines, images.

• Inclination for: representing ideas visually, creating mental images, noticing visual details, drawing and sketching.

• Artist, photographer, engineer, decorator, tour guide, scout ranger.

• Affandi, Pablo Picasso, Adjie Notonegoro, Benny & Mice, Tino Sidin.

Musical Rhythmic Intelligence Music Smart• Ability to: create music and analyze

music.

• Sensitivity to: tone, beat, tempo, melody, pitch, sound.

• Inclination for: listening, singing, playing an instrument.

• songwriter, composer, musician, conductor, music critic.

• Ismail Marzuki, Idris Sardi, Titiek Puspa, Melly Goeslaw, Iwan Fals, Ahmad Dhani, Ruth Sahanaya, Vina Panduwinata, Mozart, Beethoven, Michael Jackson.

Bodily Kinesthetic Intelligence Body Smart• Ability to: use the hands to fix or

create and use the body expressively.

• Sensitivity to: touch, movement, physical self, athleticism.

• Inclination for: activities requiring strength, speed, flexibility, hand-eye coordination, and balance.

• Mechanic, surgeon, carpenter, sculptor, mason, dancer, athlete, actor.

• Michael Jordan, Taufik Hidayat, Susi Susanti, David Beckham, Nini Towok.

Interpersonal Intelligence People Smart• Ability to: work with people and help

people identify and overcome problems.

• Sensitivity to: body language, moods, voice, feelings.

• Inclination for: noticing and responding to other people’s feelings and personalities.

• Administrator, manager, consultant, teacher, therapist, psychologist.

• Oprah Winfrey, SBY, Tantowi Yahya, Tukul, Barack Obama, John F. Kennedy, Martin Luther King Jr.

Intrapersonal Intelligence Self Smart• Ability to: mediate, reflect, exhibit self-

discipline, maintain composure, and get the most out of oneself.

• Sensitivity to: one’s own strengths, weaknesses, goals and desires.

• Inclination for: setting goals, assessing personal abilities and liabilities, monitoring one’ own thinking.

• Mahatma Gandhi, Nelson Mandela, Bunda Theresa, Ahmad Dahlan.

Naturalist Intelligence Nature Smart• Ability to: analyze ecological and natural

situations and data, learn from living things, and work in a natural setting.

• Sensitivity to: natural objects, plants, animals, naturally occurring patterns, ecological issues.

• Inclination for: identifying and classifying living things and natual objects.

• Ecologists, rangers, zoologist, botanist, veterinarian, hunter, scout.

• Charles Darwin, Galileo Galilei, Steve Irwin, Butet Manurung.

So, what does MI mean to teaching and learning?

VARY WHAT YOU DO & HOW YOU DO IT!

“It’s not about how smart you are, but how you are smart.”

-Howard Gardner

• Examples of classroom activities:

➡discussions, debates, journal writing, conferences, essays, stories, poems, storytelling, listening activities, reading.

Verbal-Linguistic Intelligence Word Smart

• Examples of Classroom Activities:

➡calculations, experiments, comparisons, number games, using evidence, formulating and testing hypotheses, deductive and inductive reasoning.

Logical Mathematical Intelligence Number Smart

• Examples of Classroom Activities:

➡concept maps, graphs, charts, art projects, metaphorical thinking, visualization, videos, slides, visual presentations.

Visual Spatial Intelligence Picture Smart

• Examples of classroom activities:

➡playing music, singing, whistling, clapping, analyzing sounds and music.

Musical Rhythmic Intelligence Music Smart

• Examples of Classroom Activities:

➡role-playing, dance, athletic activities, manipulatives, hands-on demonstrations, concept miming.

Bodily Kinesthetic Intelligence Body Smart

• Examples of Classroom Activities:

➡community-involvement projects, discussions, cooperative learning, team games, peer tutoring, conferences, social activities, sharing.

Interpersonal Intelligence People Smart

• Examples of Classroom Activities:

➡student choice, journal writing, self-evaluation, personal instruction, independent study, discussing feelings, reflecting.

Intrapersonal Intelligence Self Smart

• Examples of Classroom Activities:

➡ecological field trips, environmental study, caring for plants and animals, outdoor work, pattern recognition.

Naturalist Intelligence Nature Smart

A Video on Multiple Intelligences (1)

A Video on Multiple Intelligences (2)

Multiple Intelligences = Variety

Bloom’s Taxonomy = Challenge

“Education that treats everybody in the same way is the most unfair education.”

--Howard Gardner