Chapter 13

This chapter discussed how to use the multiple intelligences in the areas of technology, cultural diversity, and career counseling. Technologyically, we can use the multiple intelligences in the different computer programs that we use, and how we present them to the class. We could also have the students use technological software and programs when they create their projects and while doing their homework, depending upon what it is. The best thing about using technology in the classroom is that by using it, you essentially make use of every intelligence and therefore help each of your students. Every classroom now has become more culturally diverse, and so it is very important that teachers know how to implement learning about different cultures into the lessons so that the students can learn more about themselves and each other. Diversity in the classroom can also help students to get over stereotypes that they may have picked up without realizing it. Also, different cultures use the intelligences in different ways, and by incorporating different cultures into the classroom, both the teacher and the students learn new ways to use materials and the intelligences. Career counseling is important in any age group so that students can research different post-secondary choices early and give them more time to think about what they are good at. This way, if they know that they do very well in one particular area, they can research how to use those talents in different job or degree programs once they are out of school.

This chapter did not directly reflect on the material of the book, but more about how to use the material in classroom applications. If teachers gave students any type of career counseling in elementary school, then our high schools would turn out more students who would be more confident in what they truly want to do after school, and we would have a lower drop out rate because students will have made a goal earlier in life and would want to finish school in order to accomplish it. Learning how to incorporate cultural diviersities in the classroom is something that will become very important, even in the areas of the world where cultural diversity is not important now. Maine, for instance, is the second least culturally diverse state in the U.S. However, within a few years, many of the schools will most likely become more diverse because of immigration, the military, and also marriage. If we do not prepare for new cultures now, then we will be even more ignorant once they are in front of our faces. We cannot simply ignore the students in our classrooms who have and practice a different culture than we do. That would essentially be keeping those students from their full potential and could possibly turn them away from school. If this happens, we may lose a student who would eventually cure cancer, some other type of illness, or even new techonological advances.