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Recommended Reading
The Personal Intelligences: Promoting Social and Emotional Learning
by Launa Ellison
Corwin Press, 2001
ISBN: 0-7619-7691-4
Welcome to Launa Ellison's classroom! A teacher of fifth and sixth grades in Minneapolis Public Schools, she has also been editor of The Consortium for Whole Brain Learning Newsletter since 1984. Her classroom is a warm, humane place with high expectations to learn. While focusing on reaching and often surpassing local and state standards, Ellison never loses focus on the whole child.
She writes, "My intention is to convey symbolic messages that encourage self-awareness, choice and decision making, self-monitoring, and effective handling of relationships. Our morning meeting begins with a thought for the day, discussion, and sharing. At the end of the meeting I ask, " What are you going to start on today?" There are many choices during each week's activities. The assignments are clear, but broad enough to accommodate the diversity of skill levels. . . . My goal is to get my students into their own purposeful, intrinsic learning. I want them to work on projects with depth of thought, not an eye to the clock. I want their brains turned on."
In her book Ellison draws on solid research as well as her own experience to discuss how students can become responsible for their own success. She explains how she incorporates in her teaching brain research, learning styles, multiple intelligences, emotional understanding, and reflective thinking. She notes that respect for diversity is a must in a multicultural, multi-intelligence classroom. A great resource for teachers at all levels!
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