Category: Newsletters
Multiple Intelligences Newsletter, Vol 26, No 6
May 21, 2018
Hi MI Fans, Last month featured a really interesting presentation at the ASCD Annual Conference, “MI After 35 Years.” Yes, it’s been 35 years since Howard Gardner’s book, Frames Of Mind, changed how we view intelligence. Recognizing that intelligence is problem-solving, Garner identified the many different ways – the multiple intelligences – that people use to solve problems. Real-world problems, Gardner knew, are not limited to multiple-choice questions. Philosophically, understanding […]
Multiple Intelligences Newsletter, Vol 26, No 5
February 6, 2018
Greetings! I hope that the beginning of 2018 has started in fine fashion for you. As you think about your classroom and school, remember that life-long learning begins with student engagement and student success. None of us want to continue to beat our head against the wall. With that in mind, I often talk about a school’s “smile quotient.” When I visit a school, I hope to see kids and […]
Multiple Intelligences Newsletter, Vol 26, No 4
January 12, 2018
Happy New Year, MI Fans, The question posed in the last issue, “Who was the smartest person in your high school graduation class?” generated some fun discussions. Too often we view intelligence as an abstraction, a two- or three-digit number that indicates one’s ability to solve problems. It’s understandable that we might think like that; after all, the curriculum, instruction, and assessments in most educational institutions are designed around that […]
Multiple Intelligences Newsletter, Vol 26, No 3
November 1, 2017
Greetings MI Fans, “Who was the smartest person in your high school graduation class?” [Before you read any further, take a moment to consider the question.] I often begin my presentations – whether they are about MI or The Formative Five (which inhere in the intrapersonal and interpersonal intelligences) – by asking the audience that question. I pause to allow them to reflect, and then ask whether it was an […]
Multiple Intelligences Newsletter, Vol 26, No 2
October 1, 2017
Greetings MI Fans, Written around the time of the American holiday of Halloween, I see a connection between the theory of multiple intelligences (MI) and some of the costumes worn by the kids who troll our neighborhood seeking candy. You see, like many of the undead vampires and villains, similar to the costumed creatures from the crypts, MI won’t die. That’s a powerful statement. MI was conceived by Dr. Howard […]
Multiple Intelligences Newsletter, Vol 26, No 1
July 1, 2017
Greetings Multiple Intelligence Fans, I hope that your summer is going well, and that you are finding some time to relax and refresh. As teachers and administrators know, being an educator – touching the future through our students – is a remarkably rewarding experience, but it comes with a cost. That cost is more than the out-of-pocket expense that teachers typically spend each year (estimated at $500 per year by […]
Multiple Intelligences Newsletter, Vol 25, No 6
April 1, 2017
Greetings MI Fans, How does it feel to be in the last lap of the school year? I know that this time of year is always busy: there are the things that should be happening in April and May as well as all of the things that you didn’t get to and want to address before the summer hiatus. There simply isn’t enough time in the school day, school week, […]