Multiple Intelligence
The Multiple Intelligence Theory is the recognition that learners have diverse ways of achieving success through their unique interests and talents. Each person holds varying degrees of several intelligences and uses these strengths to learn about the world around them as well as acquire knowledge. This theory was researched and developed by Dr. Howard Gardner.

For some of us it is relatively easy to understand how a flower grows but it is immensely difficult for us to understand and use a musical instrument. For others music might be easy but playing football is difficult.

Instead of having one intelligence it is claimed that we have several different intelligences.


These are listed below:

Kinaesthetic – Body Smart
You may be body smart. You will enjoy sports and are good at swimming, athletics, gymnastics and other sports. This is sometimes called being Kinaesthetic smart.

Logical – Number Smart
You may be number smart. You will be good at mathematics and other number activities; you are also good at solving problems. This is sometimes called being Logical smart.

Intrapersonal – Myself Smart
You may be myself smart. You will know about yourself and your strengths and weaknesses. You will probably keep a diary. This is sometimes called being Intrapersonal smart.

Visual / Spatial – Picture Smart
You may be picture smart. You will be good at art and also good at other activities where you look at pictures like map reading, finding your way out of mazes and graphs. This is sometimes called being Visual/Spatial smart.

Linguistic – Word Smart
You may be word smart. You will enjoy reading, writing and talking about things. This is sometimes called being Linguistic smart.

Interpersonal- People Smart
You may be people smart. You will like to mix with other people and you will belong to lots of clubs. You like team games and are good at sharing. This is sometimes called being Interpersonal smart.

Musical – Music Smart
You may be music smart. You will enjoy music and can recognise sounds, and timbre, or the quality of a tone. This is sometimes called being Musical smart.

Naturalistic – Nature Smart
You may be nature smart. You will like the world of plants and animals and enjoy learning about them. This is sometimes called being Naturalistic smart.

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Kolb – Learning style inventory -
By exploring the work of David Kolb, Honey and Mumford and Barbara Prashnig with Fellows, we endeavour to build up our understanding of the facets of learner difference we explore.
Kolb’s Learning Style Inventory (1976) focuses on both perceiving and processing differences adding an extra dimension to the simpler VAK perception model and differing from the wholist- analytic and verbaliser-imager dimensions. The learning cycle model, developed by Kolb, identifies four stages in learning.
David Kolb developed this learning styles model in 1984. Kolb's model is based on two axes (continuums): our approach to a task (preferring to do or watch) and our emotional response (preferring to think or feel). The theory sets out these four preferences, which are also linked to possible different learning methods:

Doing (active experimentation). Watching (reflective observation). Feeling (concrete experience). Thinking (abstract conceptualisation).
These characteristics are normally shown as axes. The east-west axis is called the Processing Continuum (how we approach a task) and the north-south axis is called the Perception Continuum (our emotional response, or how we think or feel).
Self-Science
Self-science is a habit that fuses emotional and cognitive learning. Through experiences discussion and self-reflection it helps build learning communities based on respect, responsibility and resiliency. This learning habit increases self-awareness, communication and accountability whilst reducing isolation and conflict.
Self-science encompasses the understanding of Emotional Intelligence (EI). EI includes five fundamental components, each of which has numerous sub components.

1 – Build empathy and optimism
2- Control and manage feelings
3 - Socialize effectively
4 - Self motivation
5 - Commit to noble goals