Learning Styles and Multiple Intelligences

The LS and MI are theories that provide an idea about the way people learn. Not everybody learn in the same way. According to the MI theory, develop by Dr H: Gardner, there are eight types of intelligences (linguistic; spatial; logic/mathematic; kinesthetic; musical; interpersonal; Intrapersonal; naturalist), human being have them all but some are more developed than others, identify these intelligences will be helpful in the learning process, as well as it will be to strengthen the ones that are weak. The Learnig Styles follow a similar theory than the MI. They establish that the human being have different styles of learnig, they can be visual, auditory or kinesthetic.


The knowledge of these learning styles can help students, and people in general, to improve their learning process. The implementation of certain strategies in the learning process can make it easy or clear if you know whar are your learnig styles or more developed intelligences.

We as teachers or future teacher must take this theories into account in order to provide different and varied activities in our class. The variety will provide the students with a serie of opportunities to understand the topics and develop the different skills and abilities. It is important to recognize the predominant learning styles and MI in order to work with them in class, but it is also important to help the students to develop those in which they are weak. The preparation and correct application of different theories and startegies will provide amusing and interesting lessons for our students.

All our students are different, some would prefer the music, others the visual activities, group work, etc. The idea is provide the students the opportunity to experiment their favourite learning strategy as well as help them to use the others that they feel are less productive. In a class one could work two different strategies in order to give everybody the space to interect. We as teachers can also explain our students how to implement a new strategy, perhaps they do not use them because do not understand how it works.