Chapter 8 was all about how to manage a classroom that contains all of the 8 intelligences. Just about everybody in the class stated that one of the biggest problems is catching the attention of your classroom. Students have teachers yelling above their voices everyday, and they quickly become desensitized from this method. The book stated that it is best to have some sort of sign that lets students know that it is time to quiet down and pay attention. The other thing that most people pointed out was the need for class transitions. Transitions help your class know instantly that it is time to shift gears and head onto a new topic. Music helps calm your class down and shows them something concrete so they know that it is time for something new.
The opinions of the class ranged from love to hate. People thought that many of the suggestions were very helpful and right up their alley. More people thought that the suggestions were helpful and put many things into perspective. On the other hand, some found the suggestions to be targeted toward elementary students, not toward secondary aged kids. Although some of the tips might be implausible, most saw that there was some foundation laid to build upon in the future. This chapter showed that there is always a time when you can be reaching out to your students' intelligences.
2 comments:
I really liked the first link. It gave so many examples and they were all different. Raising your voice does nothing after a while, but using these 'signs' really does work, especially with younger students
This blog entry was quite informative and had 2 great links. The first link gave me an excellent website about quieting a class and even other aspects of the classroom. The other link was intriguing: I had no idea that school house rock was still around! awesome job!
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