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Zhou, Dandan; Hedges, Helen – International Journal of Early Years Education, 2023
Education reform in early childhood education in China has often adopted western theories and pedagogies in efforts to facilitate educational change. The theory of multiple intelligences (MI) is an example of one adopted. This paper reports on a study that examined factors that influence Chinese kindergarten teachers' use of MI theory in their…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Multiple Intelligences, Kindergarten, Preschool Teachers
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Kim, Nanyoung – Art Education, 2023
The author writes this article to remind art educators of the importance of crafts in art education. They have noticed that scant attention is given to crafts in contemporary art education in the United States. Through this article, the author would like to reflect on why crafts are essential in art education by considering their role in…
Descriptors: Handicrafts, Educational Change, Art Education, Kindergarten
Howard Gardner – Teachers College Press, 2024
During his long and distinguished career as scholar and teacher, Howard Gardner has made vast contributions to our understanding of learning and how to create environments that support growth in all learners across their lifespans. In this compelling collection of his writings, Gardner lays out his principal ideas about education. While known…
Descriptors: Educational Theories, Educational Philosophy, Cognitive Style, Multiple Intelligences
Curtis, Kyle C. – ProQuest LLC, 2019
Throughout elementary schools in the United States there is an ongoing concern about students' reading proficiency. Many programs, strategies and initiatives have been implemented across elementary classrooms in the United States to help students become proficient readers by third grade. Numerous theorists and researchers support the idea that…
Descriptors: Teacher Attitudes, Literacy Education, Teaching Methods, Kinesthetic Methods
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Setiawan, Risky; Mardapi, Djemari; Aman; Karyanto, Umum Budi – European Journal of Educational Research, 2020
The purpose of this research is: 1) to develop the model and produce the assessment of creative curriculum-based learning program multiple intelligences (MI), 2) to know the characteristics and impacts of developed product models. Research using multi-years by method R & D (Research and Development) with two phases; First phase: 1) Preliminary…
Descriptors: Kindergarten, Multiple Intelligences, Preschool Teachers, Creativity
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Ghamrawi, Norma – Journal of Advanced Academics, 2014
This study examined teachers' use of the Multiple Intelligences Theory on vocabulary acquisition by preschoolers during English as a second language (ESL) classes in a K-12 school in Lebanon. Eighty kindergartners (KG II, aged 5 years) and eight teachers constituted the sample. The study used mixed methods, including observations of videotaped…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Multiple Intelligences, English (Second Language), Second Language Instruction
Kovalik, Susan J.; Olsen, Karen D. – Corwin, 2010
This book examines learning science from multiple perspectives--especially a child's. The whimsical character of Mary Froggins guides readers through the steps of igniting students' natural sense of wonder, incorporating brain research, integrating science concepts with other subjects, and applying science to daily life. The authors demonstrate…
Descriptors: Educational Strategies, Curriculum Development, Multiple Intelligences, Science Programs
Wang, Sheng-mei – Online Submission, 2004
This study is a collaborative teaching/learning pedagogy that offers an alternative teaching approach to curriculum development for early childhood education in an effort to explore how to best teach a child in English language arts classroom. This study, based on Gardner's Multiple Intelligences theory and Vygotsky's Zone of Proximal Development…
Descriptors: Class Activities, Curriculum Development, Multiple Intelligences, Language Arts