KOMPETENSI PEDAGOGI: ASSIGNMENT M4 KB3

ASSIGNMENT M4 KB 3: STUDENTS’ LEARNING STYLE

Ibu Wati asked her students to record and study natural phenomena such as air temperature, hot and cold weather, rain, rainbow, the occurrence of land wind and sea breeze, volcanic eruptions and various natural phenomena that occur around them both individually and in groups. To train the learner's independence and create active, effective, and fun learning, the learning activities undertaken by the learner in the form of direct observation, interview the expert, read the lithography and prove or try it out on their own.

From the above activities, what multiple intelligences is being developed by Ibu Wati?

The learning objective in this situation is the students are able to record and understand various natural phenomena that occur around them. The students are given individual and group project about the natural phenomena. Ibu Wati, as the teacher make some learning activities  in the learning process such as direct observation, interview the expert, read the some books or other sources related to the topic, and make experiments to try or to prove their findings.

From the learning activities, Ibu Wati is developing some multiple intelligences.  They are Naturalistic Intelligence, Spatial Visual Intelligence, Linguistic Intelligence, and Kinesthetic Intelligence. The reasons are as follows :

a.       Naturalistic Intelligence

Ibu Wati is developing naturalist intelligence for her students in the learning process. She asks her students to recognize some phenomena in the natural surroundings. Gardner in his theory states the core of naturalist intelligence is the human ability to recognize plants, animals, and other parts of the natural environment, like clouds, rocks, mountains and other natural phenomena.

b.      Spatial-Visual Intelligence

When the students make direct observation, spatial-visual intelligence is being developed because the students will perceive and transform the world they see, such as the colors, lines, shapes, spaces & relationships that occur. The students learn by seeing, observing, and recognizing them with color, details and they can also see things or objects with a new perspective.

c.       Linguistic Intelligence

Linguistic intelligence is also being developed in the learning activities when the students try to find out information from many sources by reading books or other literatures. Students’ linguistics intelligence is also developed when they interview the expert about the related topic. For example, students can interview geologist to acquire information about the volcano eruption. They improve their communicative skills in this activity.

d.      Kinesthetic Intelligence

In doing experiments, kinesthetic intelligence can be developed too. It can be seen from the activity when students engage directly using physical activity by demonstrating how the volcano erupts in the laboratory.