ESL Faculty:
I teach the lowest level--N ESL--where I often find applications of Multiple Intelligences (MI) Theory helpful. This note is about an online course and a book about the application of MI to adult ESL students. I couldn't technically forward all the material (it either won't cut and paste or is blocked by filters) so just this here will suffice. The book, incidentally, has one very specific section titled: "MI-Inspired Language Arts and ESOL Lessons." (The section starts with a writing lesson.)
Information about the Online Course and Book:
Contact Kaye Beall at http://us.f502.mail.yahoo.com/ym/Compose?To=kaye_beall@worlded.org with questions.
Adult Multiple Intelligences and Differentiated Instruction Course Dates: March 12–May 13, 2008; Online chats during Lessons 3, 4, and 5
Course Description: Research conducted by the National Center for the Study of Adult Learning and Literacy shows that instructional practices inspired by Multiple Intelligences (MI) theory resulted in high levels of authentic instruction and student engagement. Integrate your understanding of Multiple Intelligences (MI) theory with the power of differentiated instruction in this facilitated, eight-session course. You’ll learn how to apply MI theory and differentiate instruction for all levels of adult basic education and English for speakers of other languages. . . .
Required Text: Viens, Julie and Silja Kallenbach. Multiple Intelligences and Adult Literacy: A Sourcebook for Practitioners. (New York: Teachers College Press, 2004. Copies of the required textbook can be obtained from the publisher, Teachers College Press (TCP), the publisher at http://store.tcpress.com/0807743461.shtml. The cost is $27.95 per copy.
KenS
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Thanks for sharing the information about the online course and the book on MI. Have you taken the course? Or are you planning to take it? I would be very interested to see a specific example of an ESL lesson taught with different approaches or from different angles that are informed by MI.
Applying MI to our lesson presentations and classroom practices makes sense because of the different styles of learning our students bring with them.
"Sound principles of learning theory are applied in the design/delivery of courses in the developmental program" is the number one best instructional practice identified in the famous report entitled "Basic Skills as a Foundation for Student Success in California Community College" contracted by the System Office. I am glad that Ken is actively using MI principles to benefit his students. I hope more colleagues would share their experiences and examples in this regard here.
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I haven't taken the course--tHe deadline to register for it is March 4. I got the book online (at a discount with free delivery from my Barnes & Noble membership; the 2nd post from jessica seems like another good bookstore).
The book may be a little "heavy" for some to read, and has a foreword by Howard Gardner (the Harvard original MI theorist). I haven't had time to really look the book over, but I imagine the online course based on it might be somewhat demanding. The book and/or the course cover a review of MI theory, assessing MI, MI teaching, MI lessons general and specific, and students' responses.
KenS
Ken,
I can't wait to hear your experience, insights, and lesson examples after your online course.
Lee
The cost of this online course is $149. Further info is available from:
Kaye Beall
kaye_beall@worlded.org
765-717-3942
That's "World Education."
Apart from the cost, I won't be taking the course because I studied MI much in grad school, and when I was teaching abroad, I had to drop almost everything to give a quickie workshop on MI and EI (Emotional Intelligence) re ESL/EFL. Some theorists and educators are combining and applying MI and EI. The book EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE is much about education in general. I haven't kept up with all the research and applications.
Incidentally, if you type in the full title of the book in this online course in the exact word section of an Advanced Google Search, you will be able to get reviews and excerpts of the book. If you are not familiar with MI, this may be a good general overview (as good as in some books that could be checked out at an academic library). But if you are looking for easy simplistic applications directly related to ESL, you will probably be disappointed. The online course, however, appears much more specific.
I am still interested in one or two examples showing how you have applied MI (and EI) in ESL classroom teaching, if you could.
Such an example would be very inspirational to the rest of us.
In case you missed it, the latest The CATESOL Journal has a review of the book
Multiple Intelligences and Language Learning: A Guidebook of Theories, Activities, Inventories, and Resources
by Mary Ann Christison, 2005
Christison has been publishing material about MI and ESL for over a decade.
In addition, there is a review of the book on TESL [not TESOL] at
http://tesl-ej.org/ej37/r5.html
The CATESOL review is much better, and says the text provides innovative and engaging material but is supplemental, not inclusive and comprehensive.
The above CATESOL Journal issue (V19, #1, Fall 2007) is presumably the latest one from CATESOL. (It only comes out once a year, and I only received it within the last several weeks.)
KenS
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