Why Multisensory Works
Why Multisensory Works Every person learns in their own unique way. So why do school expect students to learn in the same way? You might be thinking, what is multisensory? Multisensory is an approach to teaching that gives students the opportunity to learn from more than ones sense. These senses would be seeing, hearing, moving and touching. And for me as a teacher this equates to hear it, see it, say it, build and/or write it. The multisensory approach relates to Howard Gardner’s theory of multiple intelligence. Which categorizes “intelligence” into 9 different categories spatial, naturalistic, musical, logical-mathematical, existential, interpersonal, bodily-kinesthetic, linguistic, and intra-personal. This theory supports the idea that different people learn in different ways, and show their “intelligences” through different avenue of interest and expertise. For example a therapist and a famous musician would both be intelligent but would have different areas ...