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This paper focuses on the implementation of the multiple intelligences (MI) theory in 21st century teaching and learning environment, suggesting that it offers a new tool for effective teaching and learning at all levels. The eight current MI include: verbal/linguistic, logical/mathematical, visual/spatial, bodily/kinesthetic, musical/rhythmic, interpersonal, intrapersonal, and naturalist. Despite research on the effectiveness of the MI theory, traditional teaching and learning strategies of lecture still prevail in school, with the expectation that all students learn in the same way. This paper looks at the different types of intelligences, offering a definition of MI, historical developments of MI, and application of the MI into the classroom social environment. It also discusses two new candidate intelligences: spiritualist and existentialist. The paper concludes that traditional ways of understanding pedagogy, and static methods of teaching, are giving way to the new classroom examination and application of the MI. It notes that in the process of employing the MI, teachers should also consider the cognition, language, and culture of each student. (Contains 36 references.) (SM)

1Boy Crusoe

By Allan Eric

Also published as" A Yankee Crusoe" . A 15 year old hard working and studious farm boy finds the lure of adventure on the seas as a merchant seaman more than he can resist. This is his story. " I was born in a little town in the State of Maine, near the close of the Civil War. My boyhood life did not differ materially from that of the average farmer's son in the remote country districts of New England--except, perhaps, that I read more and thought more. Hard work on the rugged soil, two terms each year in the little yellow country schoolhouse, a day's fishing now and then filled the early years of my life full to over-flowing. " What he gets is enough excitement and adventure to overflow his wildest dreams. How he experiences disaster and uses his wits and knowledge to overcome every problem makes for a great read. - Summary by Phil Chenevert