Multiple Intelligence (MI) theory relates to the numerous intelligence types and how those relate to a specific learning style. People can have various intelligences and those influence their life roles, preferences, potential, and activities. These intelligence types include linguistic, logical-mathematical, musical, bodily-kinesthetic, spatial-visual, interpersonal, and intrapersonal. The most influential intelligence types in my life are the interpersonal and bodily-kinesthetic categories.
The interpersonal intelligence has always influenced my life because I am a very outgoing person who enjoys helping others and meeting new people. I am a teacher and coach and both of those relate to the interpersonal category. One of the best things in life is social interaction and being an interpersonal person allows you to constantly analyze and figure out others (assess) in order to positively influence their beliefs and actions. This is why I would be a perfect candidate for winning SURVIVOR (will happen one day) because I am extremely interpersonal.
The bodily-kinesthetic intelligence has also shaped my life because I have always been around sports and athletic competition. Athletics definitely improved my balance and body coordination and it’s just always been a huge part of my life. On the other hand, the spatial visual and linguistics categories are my least influential intelligences. Art and English classes were never my favorite while in school and I personally don’t enjoy analyzing pictures and shapes or learning about words. I stick to my social skills and athletic knowledge!
MI can play a huge role in the development of a curriculum in health and PE. Teachers must always adapt their teaching styles based on their students learning styles. This correlates with MI and thus its imperative teachers base their curriculum on a theory such as MI. Some students are visual learners (spatial-visual intelligence) while others learn through the use of words (linguistic intelligence). Teachers can adapt lessons to accommodate such intelligences. This will also allow for various types of assessment in grading and evaluation. Teachers can adjust to the bodily-kinesthetic intelligence students by using authentic assessment (performing task) while using traditional assessment (multiple choice or true-false) to accommodate those logical-mathematical learners.
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