Nurse Education Today
Volume 28, Issue 1 , Pages 100-107, January 2008

Matching purpose with practice: Revolutionising nurse education with mita

  • Margaret Denny

      Affiliations

    • Department of Nursing, Waterford Institute of Technology, Cork Road Campus, Waterford, Ireland
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +353 51 302816.
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  • Ellen F. Weber

      Affiliations

    • Director of MITA Center for Brain Based Education Renewal, P.O. Box 347, Pittsford, NY 14534, United States
    • Tel.: +1 585 421 3656.
    web address
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  • John Wells

      Affiliations

    • Department of Nursing, Waterford Institute of Technology, Cork Road Campus, Waterford, Ireland
    • Tel.: +353 51 302816.
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  • Olga Redmond Stokes

      Affiliations

    • Department of Nursing, Waterford Institute of Technology, Cork Road Campus, Waterford, Ireland
    • Tel.: +353 51 302816.
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  • Paula Lane

      Affiliations

    • Department of Nursing, Waterford Institute of Technology, Cork Road Campus, Waterford, Ireland
    • Tel.: +353 51 302816.
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  • Suzanne Denieffe

      Affiliations

    • Department of Nursing, Waterford Institute of Technology, Cork Road Campus, Waterford, Ireland

Accepted 6 March 2007. published online 25 April 2007.

Summary 

Multiple intelligences have only recently entered the teaching dialogue in nurse education and research. It is argued that despite the rhetoric of a student centred approach nurse education remains wedded to conventional teaching approaches that fail to engage with the individual and unwittingly silence the student’s voice. This paper will examine the concept of multiple intelligences (MI) and outline Gardner’s contention that the brain functions using eight intelligences which can be employed to improve learning at an individual level. It will then outline the use of MI using a five phase model, developed by Weber, known as a multiple intelligence teaching approach (MITA). It is contended that MITA has great potential in nurse education, particularly in terms of reinforcing learning beyond the educational domain and into the individual’s professional development and clinical practice.

Keywords: Multiple intelligence teaching approach (MITA), Multiple intelligence (MI), Nurse education

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PII: S0260-6917(07)00044-5

doi:10.1016/j.nedt.2007.03.004

Nurse Education Today
Volume 28, Issue 1 , Pages 100-107, January 2008