Introduction
Learners need to use Multiple facets of intelligences to learn . It is also important to understand the integration of various skills into a lesson .Various skills into a lesson.. Various language skills need to be promoted. New Vocabulary , object speaking, word puzzles, vocabulary games, mathematical skills, visual skills, Artistic and social skills also need to be given importance. The cultivation of desired capabilities should be there and one has to observe the development of multiple intelligences.
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The following is a sample lesson on "Plant life" which encourages the learners to use multiple intelligence to learn. The ideas given in this lesson will help to understand the integration of various skills into a science lesson. |
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LANGUAGE SKILLS |
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- New Vocabulary: Learning new words with proper pronunciation.. (e.g. germination, soil, sunlight, root, branches, buds and flowers
- Object Speaking: The teacher give the idea of this activity by drawing a few parts of a plant on the board, (e.g. leaf, seed, roots, flower, etc.) then she asks the child to the child to at first identify the object drawn and then say at least two sentences about it.
- Provide a real plant inclusive of the root.
- Word Puzzle : Arrange each group of jumbled alphabets o a name a part of a plant (e.g. orto, mets,edse, wefolr)
- Vocabulary Game: Who am I ? Some children will have one word each pertaining to plant life written on a piece of paper and pinned to their backs. They will ask the other question in order to discover what function that particular word performs. After the question has been answered the child will turn and show the word pinned to their backs.
Q. I grow into a plant
Ans. Seed
Q I give beauty to the plant
Ans. Flower
Q I make food for the plant
Ans. Leaf
- Opposites:
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Shrubs have thick stems whereas herbs have thin Stems.
Trees are big but plants are small. |
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MATHEMATICAL SKILLS |
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- Sequencing: the concept of sequencing in proper order will be reviewed as they learn the different stages of the growth of a plant.( e.g first stage is the seed, second root, third shoot, fourth stem and so on.)
- Multiplication: Concept of multiplication while learning about roots and leaves.
- Ascending Order: Small to big. This concept can be explained while learning about roots and leaves
- Shapes : Different shapes for e.g. a circle- Cut an onion and show. Oval- Slice a Potato, Pentagon – Cut a Ladies finger and show. How many does it have ? It has five sides. A five sided figure is a pentagon.
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SCIENTIFIC SKILLS |
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- Experimenting and observing
a) Stage of germination: Six bean seeds will be planted in a pot. Each day only one bean will be shown as the seeds grow , they will be removed from the pot at different stages and paste on the chart in the proper order for observation.
b) Bean seeds can be grown as the seeds grow , they will be removed from the pot at different stages and paste on the chart in the proper order for observation.
- Observation and logical thinking
Seeds will be sown in two different pots. One pot will be kept outside the class to enable it to receive sunlight and air. The other pot will be kept inside the classroom in a dark area. Both pots will be watered daily and observed. After a few days the children will write down their observation of both the pots. They will be asked to think and reason why the seed in the pot kept inside the class did not grow.
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VIUAL SKILLS
- Object will be brought and shown in class to reinforce the concepts(e.g. the differences between the herbs and shrubs, creepers and climbers can be understood well by actually seeing them and growing them.)
- Children will be asked to collect the leaves and flowers of different sizes and shapes, paste them in their books, (e.g leaves that have serrated edges, smooth leaves etc.)
- Natural environment will be explored and field trip will be organized to a garden where children can see different trees, plants, flowers etc.
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RHYTHMIC SKILLS |
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Learning poems in class
- May Time Magic!
A little seed for me to grow
A little earth to make it grow
A little hole , a little pot
A little wish and that is that
A little sun, a little shower
A little while and then a white flower.
By Mabel Watts.
- Poems will be taught to give children the delights of rhythm, rhyme and musical speech.
- Children will be taken out to the garden where they will listen carefully to different sounds e.g. Rustling sound of the leaves and chirping of birds. They will be encouraged to compose a few lines on “The Garden”.
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ARTISTIC SKILL
- Draw and label the different parts of the plant.
- Collect pictures of different plants, paste them in your scrap book.
- Vegetable printing with vegetable and water colors.
- Leaf impression: Dipping a leaf in color and making its impression on a drawing sheet and observing different parts.
SOCIAL SKILL
- Learning to be compassionate , responsible, loving, caring and infusing a sense of duty.
- Plants need care, love and looking after without which they would die.
- They need proper care just the way we are taken care of by our parents.
- We should grow and look after trees in order to enrich our environment.
Points to remember in development of multiple facets of intelligence.
- The cultivation of desired capabilities, Schools should cultivate those skill and capabilities that are valued in the community and society.
- Approach a concept , subject matter or discipline in a variety of ways. Often the stress is on the coverage of far too much material and this result in superficial understanding or misunderstanding. It makes far mores sense to spend a significant amount of time on key concepts, generating ideas and essential question to allow students to become thoroughly familiar with these notions and their implications.
When a topic has been approached from a number of perspectives, three desirable outcomes ensure.
i. More children will be reached “multiple windows leading into the same room”
ii. Students secure a sense of what it is like to be an expert.
iii. Finally, since understanding can be demonstrated in more than one way a pluristic approach opens up the
possibility that students can display their new understanding.
- Take into account individual differences: All individual cannot be profitably arrayed on a single intellectual dimension. Experiences are created which will give each child the maximum opportunity to master the materials and to show to others (and themselves) what they have learned and understood.
- It would be futile to attempt to teach all concepts or subjects using all the intelligence. There is no point in assuming that every topic can be effectively approached in at least seven ways. It is a waste of time and effort to do so.
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