MI Chapter 6

    This chapter provided strategies to teaching for each of the multiple intelligences. One that was really interesting to me was the journal because it could be considered maybe an assessment of the student's learning but it could also be a means of a reflection on the teaching style the teacher used for that intelligence group. Armstrong states "Making choices is like lifting weights. The more frequently students choose from a group of options, the thicker the "responsibility muscles" become (92). This seems essential to the way students learn because it allows students to become more familiar with their learning styles and techniques and the freedom and experiences of their choices gives them a better fulfilling academic experience. Autonomy doesn't seem as much of a negative concept as it did before when we first started the chapters, however, when I am out in the field I still think that things are too directed toward students choice and that we should be incorporating more of a traditional dynamic. Incorporating students various intelligences are an essential part of the process of education because of it's positive impact on student's but with that being said it's just as important that there are limits to that too.