Kristen Nelson, a sixth-grade teacher at Ambuel Elementary School in the Capistrano Unified School District in Orange County, California, reinvented her curriculum and the way she taught so that she could meet the needs of a wider range of learning styles. Kristen Nelson used two approaches to teach towards and nurture multiple intelligences. One is a focused unit that introduces students to the concept of diverse strengths. The second approach is open-ended exploration of the seven intelligences through classroom flow areas, these are similar to learning centers. Kristen Nelson gives a list of things to enhance teaching smarts. They are:
*Invite guest speakers to speak about different intelligences
*Create a video
Have students make a video to inform others about the
many ways of being smart.
*Encourage individual projects
Students choose an intelligence in which they would like to
complete a project.
*Honor overlooked intelligences
Recognize students that excel in bodily-kinesthetic,
interpersonal, and intrapersonal intelligences.
*Assess your own intelligences
Reflect on how your strengths and weaknesses in the seven
intelligence influences your teaching.
*Stretch yourself
Attend workshops and read books to strengthen skills.
*Team teach
Use fellow teachers with different intelligence strengths to
help plan lessons and activities.
*Update your professional portfolio
The portfolio should contain examples of lessons that use each
intelligence area.
Parents can help to nurture their children's intelligences by making sure their child's strengths are recognized and developed at school (Bailey, 1995). Bailey also suggests that parents be observant. Parents should take notice of what their children do in their spare time. "Parents should also look for whatever gives their child the greatest excitement and passion, and appreciate and celebrate that" (Armstrong).
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