Be busy with teaching style questionnaire

For each of the statements, give yourself a score from 1 to 5 according to the scale below. There are no right or wrong answers. Your score will reveal a profile of your teaching style in terms of Multiple Intelligences Theory.

1. - never

2. – not much

3. – a little

4. - quite a lot

5. – a lot

1. I use pictures in my teaching.

2. I write things down in order to remember them.

3. I believe that learners learn a lot from group work.

4. I remember my classes by recalling how people (learners and myself) stood, sat or moved.

5. I prefer working independently to working in a team.

6. I would describe myself as a planner.

7. I believe that my learners learn by discussing with each other.

8. I enjoy calculating my learner’s marks.

9. I’d like my learners to write things down.

10. I teach learners to remember things using rhymes or rhythm.

11. I use mind maps, tables and/or diagrams (e.g. when planning).

12. I like to use environmental issues in my lessons.

13. I encourage learners to reflect individually on their own learning.

14. I like using role-play and/or drama.

15. When I think back to a lesson, I imagine it as if I were watching television.

16. While teaching, I use activities where learners physically move objects (e.g. board games, cards, jigsaw readings).

17. It helps me if I can put on background music when I am planning lessons.

18. I like units in my coursebook which deal with natural phenomena (e.g. volcanoes, animals).

19. I reflect about what I am doing in my work.

20. I am good at languages.

21. I use films and/ or videos when teaching.

22. I integrate music into my lessons.

23. I brainstorm ideas on paper.

24. I need quiet and privacy if I am planning.

25. I discuss my learners’ pets with them.

26. I like structured agendas for meeting at school.

27. I use activities in class where my learners move around.

28. When I think of a class, I imagine where everyone sits.

29. I like teaching outside.

30. My learners work in groups.

31. I discuss music with my learners.

32. I try to give my learners tasks which have personal significance for them.

33. I use diagrams and flow-charts in my teaching.

34. I ask learners to reflect on how they function in a group as they learn.

35. I like to use poetry or literature in my lessons.

36. I am aware of the learners as individual in class.

37. I am aware of the group dynamics in my classes and / or staff team.

38. I touch my learners.

39. I try to tap into my learners’ musical interests.

40. I enjoy class debates or discussions.

41. I discuss gardening, natural places and/or environmental issues with colleagues.

42. I approach tasks in a logical way.

43. I prefer working in a team to working independently.

44. I make visual material for my classes.

45. I like helping my learners to plan and organise their work.

46. I am aware of the weather outside my classroom.

47. My learners write songs, raps or poems in my classroom.

48. I rearrange the furniture in my classroom to my liking.

Add up your scores for each intelligence (using your logical-mathematical intelligence!). (See the table below.)