It has been very
interesting reading different articles about the different students’ learning
styles and how teachers’ awareness of their learners Multiple Intelligence will help
teachers create opportunities where the strength can be fostered, Howard
Gardner.
The learners’
understanding of “the balance of their own multiple intelligences” is a noteworthy
strategy in order to help the learner manage his/her own learning.
Nevertheless, I have
found this theory quite controversial and I read some critics to see different reactions.
Here is the link of a
worth reading critique: “Who are the critics of this theory and what do they say? http://www.thirteen.org/edonline/concept2class/mi/index_sub4.html,
Hi Mounira,
ReplyDeleteWhat an interesting view on the topic you gave! I really liked reading the thought-provoking article that portrays criticism about the learning styles theory. One of the points made was that "educators faced with overcrowded classrooms and lack of resources see multiple intelligence theory as utopian." I do believe that it is impossible to seek for perfection, and always achieve all the objectives we as teachers want. However, we are the ones that can adapt our teaching methods both to our learners' styles and available resources, no matter the size or the diversity of the class. Do you agree?
Best,
Maida
Hi Maida,
ReplyDeleteThankyou for reading my blog and I'm glad you read the criticism of the learning styles theory.
I do agree that we can naturally shift strategies from one class to another because we just feel a particular strategy doesn't work with one particular class, but to be sure that we can adapt different strategies according to the learning style of each one in a 30-learner class, I think it would be almost impossible but we manage to attract the attention of all of them and make them make efforts and help them when they get stuck and very often we've had the right to a big THANK you.
Best,
Mounira