MI Chapter 7

This chapter of the MI book talks about tying MI theory into all aspects of the physical and emotional classroom, whether it be through arrangement, or management. In the first section of the chapter there are questions a teacher should ask themselves to make sure various learning types are being met fully. Some of the things mentioned here were things that I had never thought about before. For example, I liked that it suggested that the sources of light in a room could be a reason for engagement issues. Another one that really stuck out was how the teacher uses their voice. When I thought about it after reading this chapter, I realized that these are both things that can cause me to become disengaged in the content and I felt like the majority of teachers overlook things like this.

Also mentioned in this chapter were using activity centers, to help cultivate students’ specific intelligences. I like how the book offered four ways of having activity centers in the classroom, because, of course, every classroom has different needs. Although I feel like activity centers are a great idea, and that there were many useful examples of how to use them, I also feel like the book didn’t make it clear how these could be tied into the curriculum. For the most part, the activities that were mentioned were things that students could do during their free time. I think that these centers, especially the permanent open ended centers, should be incorporated into every classroom, and should be used to help teach the content.