Historical April–May 2000 article. Dates, prices, services and contacts describe the source period; current availability has not been established.
Tom Hoerr, Times “In Your Ear” columnist for more than 20 years and director of the New City School, has just had a book published by ASCD (Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development) in Arlington, VA.
The book, BECOMING A MULTIPLE INTELLIGENCES SCHOOL, stems from the experiences of the New City School faculty in implementing the theory of multiple intelligences (MI).
The New City School has been implementing MI theory since 1988 and is visited by hundreds of educators each year. MI theory, first conceived by Harvard University’s Howard Gardner, says that there are many different ways to learn and solve problems. Too often educators view reading, writing, and computing as the only ways in which students can be smart.
While these skills are critically important and students must be successful with them; MI theory says that there are other ways of reaching students and helping them learn. “In most schools,” Hoerr says, “teachers are curriculum-focused, concentrating on delivering information.
In an MI school, teachers are student-focused and teach problem-solving.
My book explains MI theory and shows how it can be implemented in schools to the benefit of students and teachers.” Hoerr’s book is available at $23.95 from ASCD (www.ascd.org or 800- 933.2723) or through Amazon.com. Hawkeye says that he is quite proud of his book and his only regret is that he did not address his first wife’s shoe intelligence in it.
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Thomas R.Hoerr, as printed in source caption. Photographer not credited.
Originally published in The Times of Skinker-DeBaliviere, April–May 2000.
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