My Perspective of Multiple Intelligences

I think everyone agree that multiple Intelligences are very famous in educational field. I have heard about multiple intelligences when I was a participant in new Sampoerna School of Education (SSE) students’ orientation. At that time, I and the other new students were given some questions to find out what the strongest intelligence we have. Knowing my strongest intelligence can help me recognizing more about myself and what way should do to learn well. Before the orientation I have heard a little bit about verbal, logical-mathematics, music and spatial intelligence from my psychology teacher in senior high school.

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The unique thing about multiple intelligences I got when I did exhibition as Educational Psychology assignment from some lecturers. After I tell them all about multiple intelligences I knew they told me that those intelligences are related each other. One lecturer told me briefly a research about multiple intelligences. There were some students who have high capability in solving mathematic problem. Thus, when they were given some mathematics problems in narrative form, most of them could not solve those. The researchers assumed that is because of their linguistic abilities were rarely exposed. Then, after the students were given exercises related to linguistic ability they can solve those.

At another instance, I think an architect will have difficulties in designing a building if she/he only has high spatial intelligence. An architect perhaps needs logical mathematics intelligence also in measuring the dimension by operating certain mathematics formula. So, I think when someone masters in one field perhaps they are high more than one intelligence.

For me, learning about multiple intelligences makes me wiser. Talking about someone’s intelligences mean talking about how recognize him/her too. I believe that we should use some perspective when we want to judge someone ability because human is complex in every way including in intelligences. So that is why as a teacher to be I have to consider the diversity of my students to be. I have to provide some activities which can cover all of their intelligences.

To help me and my friends knowing the appropriate activity for teaching, Ms. Vera in LTM course meeting divide class into eight groups based on the strongest intelligence we have. Then each group created at least four activities related to their intelligences that can help them to learn well. We agreed that it is good to know what activity will be suitable for certain intelligence from those who are high in that intelligence.

Actually this meeting has inspired me. When I create online learning or teach in class I want to test their multiple intelligences first. It is only a simple test to make sure how the real diversity of their intelligences. I hope it will help me to arrange the appropriate learning activities for my class.

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Our Own Teaching Method

After I follow Language Teaching Methods course I can summarize that teaching methods are strategies to transfer knowledge and increase students’ skill of certain field. The interesting things I got in the first two session. I just realized we can know what teaching method is by reading a poem, journal history, story or even by our experience. So, while teaching we may not only use textbook, but also other sources. 
Class have discussed about teaching methods. Then Ms. Vera said that there are many methods to teach, but there are no method which is better than another method. Those method itself depended on the some factors like where and when the method is practiced, class size and also the material which is taught. In the other words, we should adapt those methods with teaching situation.

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I have read the Kahlil Gibran’s poem—Teaching before this course, and when I read it twice I found the amazing thought. We can give our students our knowledge, but they may not exactly accept that. The important thing is while teaching we have to give them opportunity to learn independently. I think that thought should be considered when I will teach whatever method that I will use. 
Moreover, when I become a teacher I want to lead them how to think critically and how to argue what they do not agree with appropriately. So by that way I think they can be an independent learner immediately. 
The second thought in that poem that I like is about our believing to the students. Ms. Vera said when we believe someone can do, and then they will be able to do. So, I have to believe that I can be the different teacher who can make the differences. Then, I’m sure I will be like that soon. 

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The last thought in that poem I like is about the position of the teacher. Kahlil Gibran explain by his stylistic sentences that teacher should be among the students. It is similar with one of our beloved patriot of education—Ki Hajar Dewantara’s thought.


Ing darsa sung tulada, ing madya mangun karsa, tut wuri handayani. I conclude by quote someone’s (I am sorry, I forget the person) word that teaching is art. It can be art in touching students’ heart, art in interacting with them, art in motivating them, art in building their creative and critical thinking, art in being role model and so on. Because of teaching is art so that is no permanent method to teach. Like Mam Luz said, even you are a teacher, you should still be yourself.

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