The Theory of Multiple Intelligences

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The Theory of Multiple Intelligences
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Howard Gardner and Multiple Intelligences

• Howard Gardner is a professor at Harvard
  University.
• He has spent decades researching how people learn
  and what makes a person intelligent.
• Gardner created a theory that says a person can
  be intelligent in more than one way.

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Gardner (cont.)

• Gardner realized that some students are smart but
  didnt do well on tests.
• Instead of looking at what students couldnt do,
  he started to look at what students could do.
• In 1983, he created the theory of Multiple
  Intelligences.

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Multiple Intelligences

• There are 8 types of intelligences
• 1. Linguistic (A) the ability to use language
  or words to express yourself.
• 2. Logical-Mathematical (B) the ability to
  detect patterns and think logically usually good
  at math and/or science.
• 3. Spatial (C) the ability to create mental
  images to solve problems or express yourself.
• 4. Musical (D) the ability to understand and
  create music.

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Multiple Intelligences (cont.)

• 5. Bodily-Kinesthetic (E) the ability to use
  your body in a skilled way, such as dancers,
  athletes, actors, etc.
• 6. Interpersonal (F) the ability to perceive
  and understand others (teachers, therapists,
  ministers)
• 7. Intrapersonal (G) the ability to understand
  yourself and your own emotions
• 8. Naturalist intelligence enables human beings
  to recognize, categorize and draw upon certain
  features of the environment.

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What does this mean and why is it important?

• Traditional intelligence has always been defined
  as being good at math or English.
• Student success at school is measured by the
  ability to do well in those areas.
• For example, STAR tests and high school exit
  exams.
• Students with skills and abilities in other areas
  are often overlooked.
• Teachers are beginning to understand that if
  students dont all learn the same way, then they
  cant all be tested in the same way.

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What intelligence strength do you think these
people have?

• Cal Ripken, Jr. played in 2,632 straight games
  over 17 seasons and played a total of 20 yrs in
  major league baseball.
• Maya Angelou her books have been nominated for
  major literary awards.
• Wolfgang Mozart died at age 35 after writing
  over 600 musical compositions.
• Sigmund Freud a psychiatrist who developed the
  theory of psychoanalysis.
• Frank Lloyd Wright an architect who built and
  designed over 500 buildings.
• Anne Sullivan taught the blind and deaf Helen
  Keller how to communicate using sign language in
  Kellers hand.
• Robert Oppenheimer director of the Manhattan
  Project, the group that created the first atomic
  bomb.
• Jacques Cousteau co-developed the aqua-lung,
  pioneered marine conservation.