ABSTRACT
Roger Schank has explained the importance of stories in learning and in our concepts of intelligence. A catchy, but now rather tired, phrase that describes one way to present ourselves is 'be a guide on the side, not a sage on the stage'. The merit of this idea is that it puts the learner at the center of things rather than the teacher. The author have shown this in the following illustration, where each of Gardner's seven intelligences (musical, intrapersonal, spatial, logic/mathematical, linguistic, interpersonal, and kinesthetic), Kolb's four learning dimensions (concrete, reflective, abstract, and active), and Fleming's four learning styles (auditory, visual, read/write, and kinesthetic), are placed at a locus on the brain cycle. The authors find themselves making the most progress when they use the parts of our brain that have the wiring for our gifts.
