Step 5

Thinking Skills-Roger Sperry’s HOKA & HOKI

-Howard Gardner’s Multiple Intelligence-Dunn & Dunn’s Learning Styles

-Daniel Coleman’s Emotional Intelligence

Right Brain - Left Brain Theory

• Roger W. Sperry, – awarded the Nobel

Prize in 1981

• Each side of the brain controls different types of thinking

• The Right Brain• expressive and

creative tasks– Recognizing faces– Expressing emotions– Music– Reading emotions– Color– Images– Intuition– Creativity

• The Left Brain• tasks that involve

logic, language and analytical thinking;– Language– Logic– Critical thinking– Numbers– Reasoning

New Research: Both sides of the brain are essentially equal in their activity on an average.

Howard Gardner (1943- ) Multiple Intelligence

Multiple IntelligenceHoward Gardner identified eight different kinds of intelligence and later added the 9th.

(IQ test uses only 3)

9th intelligence: Spiritually smart

IMPLEMENTING GARDNER'S THEORY IN THE CLASSROOM

Teaching Strategy •Encourage team teaching so that teachers’ multiple intelligence can be harnessed•Joint activities covering several subjects /skills; •On-going monitoring & assessments

Projects & Activities

• Project-based learning • helps pupils with different strengths in intelligence

to contribute towards the common goal of a project

• Activity-based learning• will provide opportunities to manage pupils’ own

learning (self-development)

• Group Activities• Help develop interpersonal intelligence

Assessment • Design evaluation tools that will take into

account different intelligences • Organize various targeted activities based

on these results

Pupils’ self-esteem grows as they are encouraged to perform in tasks where their intelligence excels

Integrated Approach• Combining many different skills in one

lesson or integrating different subjects in one lesson

• Use different pedagogies to address different pupils. – Provide activities at various levels – Plan lessons to accommodate pupils with

varying abilities; mixed levels of activities.

Dunn & Dunn Learning Style Model

• How children prefer to deal with new and difficult information and ideas

• Model gives a range of variables proven to influence the achievements of individual learners from kindergarten age to adulthood

• Each learner has his or her own unique combination of preferences

Rita Dunn

Kenneth Dunn

5 Strands of Elements'Learning style is the way in which each individual learner begins to concentrate on, process, absorb and retain new and difficult material.’ – Dr Rita Dunn

Varying Styles of learning• Global vs analytical

– Young kids are global• Styles change with age

– Styles change as children grow in age• Boys vs girls

– Styles are different (girls are more serious)• High vs low achievers

– Teaching styles for these groups must be different

Daniel Coleman (1946 - ) Emotional Intelligence

"All learning has an emotional base.“ - Plato

The ability to express and control our own emotions is important, but so is our ability to understand, interpret, and respond to the emotions of others.

What is Emotional Intelligence?

• Emotional intelligence (EI) refers to the ability to perceive, control and evaluate emotions– one's own and others' feelings and emotions

• Some researchers suggest that emotional intelligence can be learned and strengthened, while others claim it is an inborn characteristic.

Emotional Quotient (EQ)• EQ is the measurement of emotional

intelligence• EI & EQ

– based on realization that feelings and emotions are separate from actions;

– An individual has the ability to manage his / her emotions.

• The higher the ability to manage one’s emotions, the higher is his / her EQ.

Managing EIPerceiving Emotions: •accurately perceive emotions. •involve understanding nonverbal signals such as body language and facial expressions.

Reasoning With Emotions: •using emotions to promote thinking and cognitive activity. •emotions help prioritize what we pay attention and react to;

Understanding Emotions: •wide variety of meanings. •teacher must interpret the cause of their anger and what it might mean.

Managing Emotions: key part of EI•regulating emotions, responding appropriately;•responding to the emotions of others appropriately

Growing & Learning in Preschool

Video Clip: - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=or10f-YcM8Q

From the following video clip:•1. what are the lessons that you can learn to become an effective teacher?•2. What activities encourage MI development?•3. What are the different learning styles observed?•4. How does the teacher handle / encourage emotional intelligence