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Barnwell Teachers Have Written A Book
Barnwell Book
It is a real pleasure to write about this project undertaken by teachers at Barnwell School.
The title of the book is: Multiple Learning Activities
Providing for Different Learning Preferences
At Barnwell we have been focusing on Howard Gardner’s work on multiple intelligences and this has underpinned a collaborative project between Barnwell School and the University of Cambridge. As an example, all students in the school have completed a profiling questionnaire that helps to identify their most preferred way of learning. If you have a child in the school you will find a sticker in their planner that indicates this preference. It is colour coded and will highlight one of the following learning preferences:
Visual / Spacial learner
- Likes to: See information, draw, build, desig
- How you are smart: Eye Smart
Kinaesthetic Learner
- Likes to: Do, touch, move around
- How you are smart: Body Smart
Interpersonal learner
- Likes to: Join groups, talk to people, work in teams
- How you are smart: People Smart
Learning Preference: Intrapersonal learner
- Likes to: Reflect on their own, pursue own interest, push self hard
- How you are smart: Self Smart
Logical / Mathematical learner
- Likes to: Predict outcomes, do experiments, puzzles
- How you are smart: Number Smart
Learning Preference: Music / Rhythmical learner
- Likes to: Sing, hum, respond to music
- How you are smart: Sound Smart
Linguistic learner
- Likes to: Write, read, orally present
- How you are smart: Word Smart
Dr. David Frost from the University of Cambridge has provided the preface to the book and sixteen teachers from Barnwell have written eighty classroom based activities aimed at meeting the individual needs of students. The book has been warmly received by other schools in Hertfordshire, from as far away as Brighton in the south to Gateshead in the north and many places in between and we have even had a great deal of praise from around the globe from teachers in the USA, Austria, Greece, Denmark, Sweden and Australia.
As one Educational Consultant wrote:
"This book is full of time saving and highly effective ways to engage pupils in their learning. As practical as it is invaluable, it provides a wide range of activities, both generic and subject specific, ready fro use in the classroom."
"I have seen these ideas in practice at Barnwell and they work!"
If you would like more information about the book or our work on Learning preferences please contact Paul Barnett – Deputy Headteacher. To see the book for yourself please drop into the School Reception or contact:
Badger Publishing Limited
15 Wedgwood Gate,
Pin Green Industrial Estate,
Stevenage,
Hertfordshire
SG1 4SU
Tel: 01438 356907