Multiple Intelligences for Differentiated Learning / Edition 1

by R. Bruce Williams

Overview

Educators will learn how multiple intelligences theory applies to differentiation and gain strategies for tapping into multiple intelligences to create more learning options for students.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780971733213
Publisher:	SAGE Publications
Publication date:	05/23/2007
Series:	In A Nutshell Series
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	104
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x (d)

About the Author

Bruce Williams has more than thirty five years of international consulting experience, and is noted for his expertise in group facilitation and in planning and team building methodologies. Williams' specialty is facilitating participative, interactive group workshops whether they are focused on strategic planning and consensus building or instructional methodologies for the classroom. He has conducted successful workshops on brain compatible learning and school change facilitation, and he frequently presents in the areas of cooperative learning, higher order thinking skills, and authentic assessment. With seven years' experience in teaching English as a second language in Japan and Korea, Williams is highly experienced in working with diverse populations. Thirty-six years' experience in adult training also make him a valuable resource in facilitating school change. In addition to conference workshops in 2002 in Australia and New Zealand, he has been invited three times to present workshops for teachers in Singapore. In April of 2004, Williams was the keynote speaker for 400 principals and teachers in Beijing.

Table of Contents

Introduction
Part One: Introducing Multiple Intelligences (Getting Acquainted with the Theory)
The Beginning: Founder and Theory
Gardner's Criteria for Distinguishing an Intelligence
Proponents for Application of the Theory
Implications for Differentiation
Part Two: Multiple Entries to Differentiation
Brain Theory
Curriculum/Standards—Any Subject
Instruction—Calling for Attention—Curiosity
Assessing Active Engagement
Conclusion
Part Three: Multiple Connections for Differentiation
Constructivist Theory
Curriculum/Standards—Focus On Concepts
Instruction—Memory, Confidence
Assessing Conceptual Grasp
Part Four: Multiple Representations in Differentiation
Transfer Theory
Curriculum/Standards—Focus on Details
Instruction—Depth Understanding—Competence
Assessing Performance and Application
Conclusion
Bibliography