Student: Rocío del Pilar Pinilla Aguirre!Tutor: Montse Irún Chavarría!

INTRODUCTION & CONTEXT!

THEORETICAL RESEARCH! INNOVATION PROPOSAL! CONCLUSIONS!

REFERENCES!

MI theory requires:!•  Different learning theories and new

methodologies!•  Different types of assessment!•  Inclusion in the curriculum!•  New organization!•  New spaces!

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Main objective of the study:! analyze a different methodology of teaching

English by the use of activities aimed to develop students’ own personal skills!

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Reasons for the study:!1.  Grammar-centered methodology: boring and

demotivating!2.  Great diversity of students!3.  Personal interest on MI theory!!

Conceptions of intelligence!•  Monolithic vs. Pluralistic vision!•  Different studies: psychology, biology,

operational!!!!

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Implementation:!•  Not all the activities were carried out!•  Changes from one intelligence into another!•  Good results by activities on musical and

bodily-kinesthetic intelligences!•  Activities on intrapersonal and interpersonal

intelligences not developed according to aims!!

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THE IMPLEMENTATION OF MULTIPLE INTELLIGENCES IN AN ENGLISH CLASSROOM OF ESO

Context: !§ San José de Calasanz School: Pre-school, Primary and Secondary Education!§ 380 students, 38 teachers!§ official designation as an authorized bilingual center (English) by the Educational Department of the Government of Aragón (2013/2014).!

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School project:!!Bilingual project based on the AMCO program (Pre-school)!!!!!

u  emotional theory,!u  multiple intelligences !u  theory of the generating voice!

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!Influences on the MI theory:!•  Constructivism: Piaget & Vigotsky!•  Learning Styles theories: Kolb & McCarthy!•  Key competencies !!!!

•  Design of several activities on 8 multiple intelligences in a teaching unit!

•  Implementation of these activities!•  Observation of these activities!!!!

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Results of my study: !!Change of the teaching methodology based on Howard Gardner’s MI theory: !!• Students were more motivated !• Clear predisposition towards activities on musical and corporal-kinaesthetic intelligences!

General Conclusion:!Student-centered teaching methodologies, such as the MI theory are proved to be more effective than other traditional methods. !! !!

•  ARMSTRONG, T. (2009). Multiple intelligences in the classroom. 3rd Edition. Virginia: ASCD. ISBN 978-1-4166-0789-2!

•  GARDNER, H. (2010). La inteligencia reformulada: las inteligencias múltiples en el siglo XXI. 1ª ed. Madrid: Paídos. ISBN 978-84-493-2418-5!

•  PLUCKER, J. A. (Ed.). (2013). Human intelligence [on-line]: Historical influences, current controversies, teaching resources. [Retrieved on May 14,2013], from http://www.intelltheory.com!