Entering a new class
and looking at so many beautiful faces, got me thinking about how I can capture
my students’ learning this year.
They all look intelligent children but in
different ways. Some of them say they enjoy words and numbers, whereas others
love being creative (they wished to draw something for me).I was even asked to take
them outdoors to play a game at the schoolyard.
The following image is exactly
what I found in class today.
Verbal Linguistic-- Well-developed verbal skills and sensitivity to the sounds, meanings and rhythms of words
Logical – Mathematical-- Ability to think conceptually and abstractly, and
capacity to discern logical and numerical patterns
Naturalistic-- Ability to recognize and categorize plants, animals
and other objects in nature
Intrapersonal-- Capacity to be self-aware and in tune with inner
feelings, values, beliefs and thinking processes
Visual-Spatial-- Capacity to think in images and pictures, to
visualize accurately and abstractly
Musical-- Ability to produce and appreciate rhythm, pitch
Bodily-Kinesthetic-- Ability to control one’s body movements and to
handle objects skillfully
Interpersonal-- Capacity to detect and respond appropriately to the
moods, motivations and desires of others
"I want
my children to understand the world, but not just because the world is
fascinating and the human mind is curious. I want them to understand it so that
they will be positioned to make it a better place. Knowledge is not the same as
morality, but we need to understand if we are to avoid past mistakes and move
in productive directions. An important part of that understanding is knowing who we are and what we can do…
Ultimately, we must synthesize our understandings for ourselves. The
performance of understanding that try matters are the ones we carry out as
human beings in an imperfect world which we can affect for good or for ill. "(Howard
Gardner 1999: 180-181)