Chapter 5: MI and Curriculum Development

This chapter was incredibly useful as it discussed methods of incorporating each of the multiple intelligences into all content areas. I enjoyed that this chapter addressed how we may use one method of instruction and translate it to all intelligences if we are willing to plan it well beforehand. In order to sufficiently demonstrate this, the book provides a very helpful chart with various examples of the ways in which intelligences play a role in content areas. A major focus of this chapter was upon giving school work real life meaning. Just as John Dewey believed that the classroom was a microcosm of society, we must be able to relate all work we do within the classroom to real life application. If students believe that the concepts they are learning are meaningful, they are likely to become engaged and question how they may later apply their learning to their future.