Multiple Intelligences

1. Undertake the multiple intelligence test.

Wow its seems like i am far more Intrapersonal than any of the other traits. I had abit of a look on the website for abit more of an explanation as to what that means exactly and this is what i came across:

"You may be myself smart. You will know about yourself and your strengths and weaknesses. You will probably keep a diary. This is sometimes called being Intrapersonal smart."

The part about knowing my own strengths and weaknesses is true but this explanation wasnt very indepth so i also found this:

"People with intrapersonal intelligence are adept at looking inward and figuring out their own feelings, motivations and goals. They are introspective and seek understanding. They are intuitive and typically introverted. They learn best independently."

Wow that sounds terrible! Haha sounds like a nice way to say that you are completely self-absorbed. Admittedly though it does sound quite true to me and if this is correct in saying that i know myself quite well its not a good sign. After reading that i even went and took the test again just to make sure that i had done it correctly because it seems weird that i am so strong in one area and not the others. Heres my new result:

Slight changes, dropped abit in the Intrapersonal area but i think thats because after reading the description of what it was i was abit hesitant to click the 'I am always like this' button in some questions, knowing that they were clearly an Intrapersonal related question. Finally accepted my own self obsession and went on to do some further reading:

"Very few of us will have been taught the importance of developing Intrapersonal skills for the ability to reflect and monitor your own progress, thoughts and feelings, strengths and weaknesses are not encouraged in educations... Those few who do posses Intrapersonal Intelligence have often acquired it for themselves by taking an active interest in their ability to control their own destiny."

"A strong awareness of ones own strengths, weaknesses and needs in order to plan effectively to achieve personal goals."

"If you have the ability to self reflect, you are able to recognize and change your own behaviours, build upon your strengths and improve upon your weaknesses, resulting in very rapid development and goal orientated achievements."

"They focus inward and may often be deemed as someone who marches to the beat of a different drummer"

"Values are awakened in intrapersonal intelligence through strategies that inspire kindness, listening, compassion, and care."

"Skills include: Seeing things from other perspectives (dual-perspective), listening, using empathy, understanding other people's moods and feelings, counseling, co-operating with groups, noticing people's moods, motivations and intentions, communicating both verbally and non-verbally, building trust, peaceful conflict resolution, establishing positive relations with other people."

2. How would you use this information to inform your learning design?
I guess by knowing myself and how i think will give me a good idea as to how to conduct myself in lessons, especially how i act and what i should and shouldn't say. This ability to know how to regulate my own behavior given different circumstances would be useful in the classroom due to knowing how to approach certain students. For example if i have identified that there is a student in my class who doesn't handle authority very well, i would use words that are friendly rather than demanding and pose questions to the student and make a point to appreciate and value their answer. This brings them up to being like an equal in the classroom where their not told what to do but rather told this needs to be done, how would you go about getting it done? I would know my students individually and know what strategies are best to use with each of them, in particular how i would pose questions, talk to them, when to call on which students and when it is better to leave a student to their own devises regardless of whether they are on task or not, knowing the negative result that teacher action would cause.