Teaching technology: from knowing to feeling enhancing emotional and content acquisition performance through Gardner’s multiple intelligences Theory in technology and design lessons

Gardner’s Multiple Intelligences Theory (MIT) can be a cognitive and emotional improvement if is taken into account in the standard development of the Technology lessons. This work presents a preliminary evaluation of the performance enhancement in two concomitant aspects: contents acquisition and e...

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Autores: Sánchez-Martín, Jesús, Álvarez Gragera, García J., Davila-Acedo, María Antonia, Mellado, Vicente
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2017
País:España
Institución:Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC)
Repositorio:UPCommons. Portal del coneixement obert de la UPC
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:upcommons.upc.edu:2117/105443
Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/2117/105443
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Multiple intelligences--Study and teaching
Emotions
Technology education
Multiple intelligences theory
Ensenyament universitari
Intel·ligències múltiples
Emocions i cognició
Àrees temàtiques de la UPC::Ensenyament i aprenentatge::Ensenyament universitari
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Sumario:Gardner’s Multiple Intelligences Theory (MIT) can be a cognitive and emotional improvement if is taken into account in the standard development of the Technology lessons. This work presents a preliminary evaluation of the performance enhancement in two concomitant aspects: contents acquisition and emotional yield. The study was made on up to 150 students with ages of 12-13 years old. The control group was submitted to traditional transmission-reception lessons, whereas the experimental one was submitted to novel educational techniques that included specific activities which took into account the different intelligences styles (IS) inside the classroom. The results clearly depicted that both studied variables underwent a statistical significant enhancement through the application of the MIT-based educational method