Chapter #6

Chapter six covered many topics including the formation of units and lesson plans.  However, the thing that caught my attention most was the multiple intelligence part.  I think most of us often associate intelligence with someone who is good at math or science.  There are many types of intelligence though.  Anything a person is good at could be considered a form of intelligence, whether that be self-awareness, awareness of others, musical talent, sports, acting, or even things like philosophy.  These areas are often ignored when it comes to schools because they do not see them as valid to learning.  There are many schools that highly overvalue sports like football, baseball, or  basketball, but that does not make sports overvalued in general.  Not very often are sports like tennis, golf, bowling and others valued enough to have many resources or much attention put to them.  Musicals and plays are rarely hyped the way a football game may be.  Sometimes academics take a back seat.  One thing is for sure, no matter what a school and community decide to put first, they rarely make these all priorities.  I think that is wrong, and I think schools need to value and respect all types of learning.  Even in the basic subjects all of these types of learning can be incorporated into the classroom.  Each student is different and all students are intelligent in different ways.   We need to recognize all of these types of intelligence.  I think this might be one of the most important things the class has talked about this semester.