Learning
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What is Learning? and Which are the 15 Learning Types?
At the beginning of each school year, I ask students what comes to their mind when I mention learning as a concept. The reality is that no matter the age difference between the groups, the answers are always the same or very similar. When mentioning the concept of learning to students, they connect it with words such as intelligence, knowledge, school, reading, teachers, and the internet. All these words are related since they are part of our daily life, turning to learn into a continuous and life process. So, considering this we usually ask the following questions: What is learning? And is there more types of learning? Next, the answers…
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48 Classroom Activities for the development of Multiple Intelligences
Developing students’ multiple intelligences in the classroom can be a complicated task when planning courses. In the same way, meeting the needs of all students during daily lessons is an even more significant challenge. However, through the use of different activities, the development of students’ intelligences can be promoted, while meeting the objectives of the lesson. On behalf of this, we can introduce the Theory of Multiple Intelligences as a compliment and help when planning our courses. The theory was developed by Harvard University psychologist Howard Gardner. It proposes the existence of eight types of intelligences in the human being and the capacity we all have for their development, which allows us to…
