Student field trips to museums are a great way for teachers to enhance their curriculum using authentic objects in a unique and enriching environment.

However, the student-centered approach to teaching in the modern classroom (interactive group work for example) can look very different than the more traditional methods often employed in the museum gallery setting (such as the lecture-style guided tour).

So Each May Learn by Harvey Silver, Richard Strong, and Matthew Perini is a great place for the museum educator to start rethinking their approach to working with a school group as it defines both learning styles and Multiple Intelligences theory, and suggests ways to consider both when designing learning activities.

Even a general awareness of different learning styles (mastery, interpersonal, understanding, and self-expressive) as well as the eight Multiple Intelligences as defined by Howard Gardner (verbal-linguistic, logical-mathematical, spatial, bodily-kinesthetic, musical, interpersonal, intrapersonal, and naturalist) will prompt educators to retool their approach in the gallery to accommodate the needs and skills of various learners.

This book also features a series of simple self-administered tests to enable the reader to determine their own learning style and M.I. profiles.

Since people often teach from their strengths and avoid their weaker areas, an awareness of one's own limitations affords educators the information needed to better tailor their approaches to an audience of unknown styles and intelligences for maximum impact.

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