Teaching strategies

Edward De Bono

Bloom´s Taxonomy

Thinking about objectives

Using, Bloom’s taxonomy, create an inventory of educational objectives for a Science Standard for grade six.

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Concept of IntelligenceOld view New viewIntelligent was fixed

Intelligence was measured by a number

Intelligence was unitary

Intelligence was measured in isolation

Intelligence was used to sort students and predict their success

Intelligence can be developed

Intelligence is not numerically quantifiable and exhibited during a performance or problem-solving process

Intelligence can be exhibited in many ways – multiple intelligences

Intelligence is measured in context/real-life situations.

Intelligence is used to understand human capacities and the many and varied ways students can achieve

Theory of Multiple IntelligencesVerbal-LinguisticLogical-MathematicalSpatialBodily-KinestheticMusicalInterpersonalIntrapersonalNaturalistic

Brain-based learning

LEFT BRAIN FUNCTIONS uses logicdetail orientedfacts rulewords and languagepresent and pastmath and sciencecan comprehendknowingacknowledgesorder/pattern perceptionknows object namereality basedforms strategiespracticalsafe

RIGHT BRAIN FUNCTIONS uses feeling"big picture" orientedimagination rulessymbols and imagespresent and futurephilosophy & religioncan "get it" (i.e. meaning)believesappreciatesspatial perceptionknows object functionfantasy basedpresents possibilitiesimpetuousrisk taking

Multicultural education

Multicultural education is a philosophical concept built on the ideals of freedom, justice, equality, equity, and human dignity.

Multicultural education advocates the belief that students and their life histories and experiences should be placed at the center of the teaching and learning process and that pedagogy should occur in a context that is familiar to students and that addresses multiple ways of thinking. 

Multicultural education demands a school staff that is culturally competent, and to the greatest extent possible racially, culturally, and linguistically diverse.  Staff must be multiculturally literate and capable of including and embracing families and communities to create an environment that is supportive of multiple perspectives, experiences, and democracy.