For educators, using varied teaching methods to cover specified curricula and
meet multiple learning styles is challenging, too.
Not exact matches
Given the more popular goal of
meeting every child's unique
learning style, teacher education (and therefore student
learning) has been sidetracked with trendy approaches to
learning, such as
multiple intelligences, multicultural education, investigative
learning, and so on.
The knowledge required of teachers to
meet this standard builds on the findings of cognitive psychology in stipulating that teachers must understand various
learning styles and approaches to
learning, as elucidated in Howard Gardner's work on
multiple intelligences.
States and districts should include
multiple measures of performance, including but not limited to input measures such as evidence of a teacher's knowledge of subject matter; skill in planning, delivering, monitoring, and assessing students»
learning; skill in developing and maintaining positive relationships with students, parents, and colleagues; knowledge and skill in pedagogical methods to
meet the needs of students with an array of
learning styles and needs; and commitment to students»
learning to their utmost potential.
Multiple methods of assessment are provided to students to
meet needs based on different
learning styles and cultural backgrounds.
Understanding
multiple intelligences and
learning styles can give educators powerful information for designing lessons that
meet students» diverse needs.
Through my education and teaching experience, I have
learned about
multiple intelligences and
learning styles, to apply different teaching methodologies and to customize instruction in order to
meet learners» needs.