The document discusses Howard Gardner's theory of multiple intelligences, which identifies seven distinct types of intelligence: linguistic, logical-mathematical, visual-spatial, musical, bodily-kinesthetic, interpersonal, and intrapersonal. It also discusses teaching styles based on visual, auditory, and kinesthetic learning modalities and provides examples of activities teachers can plan using each modality. The document emphasizes that teaching well requires more than just imparting information - it involves understanding students' varied intelligences and learning styles.

1. Multiple Intelligences
and Teaching Styles
Prof. Rodrigo Pelegrini
Honorato
CACS/FAFICH - UFMG

2. Who is most intelligent person
who ever lived?
 Lula
 Hitler
 Einstein
 Shakespeare
 Beethoven
 Bill Gates
 Ronaldinho Gaúcho
 Howard Gardner

3. What is intelligence?
 Intelligence is the capacity to think abstractly. (Terman)
 It is the capacity to deduct and apply logical relations
between elements. (Spearman)
 The way machines solve problems is similar to the way
people solve problems. Machines are becoming more
intelligent. (AI; v. Turing)
 Intelligence is the intentional adaptation to those
environments of the real world that are relevant to the
person as well as the selection and intentional
transformation of these environments. (Sternberg)

4. Howard Gardner’s Theory
7 Types of Intelligences
 Linguistic
– The ability to use language
 Phonology
 Syntax
 Semantics
 Pragmatics
– Highly sophisticated in poets. Crucial for
journalists, lawyers etc.

5.  Logical-mathematical
– Use and evaluate abstract
relations.
– Classification, categorization
– Mathematicians, computer
programmers, financial analysts,
accountants, engineers etc.

6.  Visual-spatial
– The ability to perceive visual or
spatial information, to transform and
modify this information and recreate
visual images even in the absence
of visual stimulus.
– Geographers, surgeons,
photographers etc.

7.  Musical
– Create, communicate and
understand the meaning of sounds.
– Highly developed in composers,
musicians as well as experts in
acoustics.

8.  Kinaesthetic
– Control of motor actions, both gross
and fine; ability to manipulate external
objects.
– Involves the coordination of neural,
muscular and perceptual systems.
– Dancers, mountain climbers, jugglers,
gymnasts and other athletes.

9.  Intrapersonal
– Depends on central processes that allow
people to distinguish their own feelings,
intentions and motivations.
– The construction of a good model of
oneself leads to the ability to take wise
decision.
– Can be considered to be the central
agency of intelligences.

10. Interpersonal
Uses central capacity to recognize and
make distinctions between feelings,
beliefs and intentions of the others.
In its highly developed form, it allows
one to understand the feelings and
attitudes of the others, act according to
them and mold them, for the good and
for the evil. (Compare Hitler and Mother
Teresa of Calcuta.)

11. Teaching Styles
 Ingroups of 4-ish, cheat-chat on...
 What VAK is.
 What it is for.
 Have you ever used it?
 Regarding languages, how have you
been taught?

12. VAK LEARNING STYLES
– Visual: we look and
VISUAL see
AUDITORY – Auditory: we hear
KINAESTHETIC and listen
: – Kinaesthetic:
 We feel
HOW WE internally
EXPERIENCE  We feel
movement
THE WORLD

13. Putting Into Practice
 Plan these teaching activities in
all three representational
systems:
2. Introducing the structure can/can’t for
ability
3. Present Perfect (Don’t chiken out y’all!)
4. Brand-new lexicon
5. Telling a story (listening comprehension)

14. If y’all are done with that...
WAIT!

15. Think it Over!
Being a teacher is not only teaching just for
the sake of it. Anyone can teach
someone something, but not everyone
can be a classroom teacher. It does
require much more study and patience
than we can imagine.
“Straight up ‘n do yo’ thang da best way ya
can.”

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Keep it Trill Teacha!
“The limits of my language mean the limits of my world.”
* Ludwig Wittgestein