The Who and What of Multiple Intelligences Created in 1983 by Howard Gardner in his book Frames of the Mind The Theory of Multiple Intelligences Suggested that there is an array of different kinds of intelligences that exists in human beings ID: 320069
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The Theory of Multiple Intelligences Slide2
The Who and What of Multiple Intelligences
Created in 1983 by Howard Gardner in his book
Frames of the Mind: The Theory of Multiple Intelligences
Suggested that there is an array of different kinds of intelligences that exists in human beings.Slide3
Multiple Intelligences
M.I. is providing education with rationale for doing what we know is good for kids!
Let’s look at the 8 potential ways to learn!Slide4
Multiple Intelligences
Many parents and educators focus on a child’s IQ, but understanding a student’s many strengths will be an asset to planning lessons.Slide5
8 Identified Intelligences
Linguistic
Logical-Mathematical
Spatial
Bodily-Kinesthetic
Musical
Interpersonal
Intrapersonal
NaturalisticSlide6
Verbal Linguistic Intelligence
Deals with words, spoken and written
Reading, writing, telling stories, and memorizing words and dates.
Learn best: Reading, taking notes, & listening to lectureSlide7
Verbal Linguistic Intelligence
Skilled in explaining, teaching, and persuasive speaking
They learn foreign languages easily
Writers, politicians, & teachersSlide8
Verbal-Linguistic
Enjoys writing, reading, and speaking
Example: A Sporty Letter
Pair up with someone in your class. Pretend your partner has never heard of your favorite sport. Write your partner a letter describing your sport, then trade letters.Slide9
Logical-Mathematical Intelligence
Logic, abstractions, inductive and deductive reasoning, and numbers
Usually excel in math, chess, computer programming, and other logical or numerical activities.
Scientists, mathematicians, lawyers, doctors, and philosophersSlide10
Math-Logic
Activities: Putting things in order, graphing, working out puzzles, & problem solving.
Example: Compare and Contrast
Compare and contrast soccer and football. Write all the things unique to soccer in the soccer box. Write all the things unique to football in the football box. Write all things in common in the intersection.Slide11
Spatial Intelligence
Vision and spatial judgment
Visualizing and mentally manipulating objects.
Strong visual memory, artistically inclined, good sense of direction, and good hand-eye coordination
Artists, engineers, and architectsSlide12
Spatial Intelligence
Working with pictures, maps, diagrams
Example: Describe the Castle
Describe a picture of a castle the best you can. When done, cut the castle out and hide it. Give your paper to your partner. He or she will attempt to draw the castle from your description. When done, compare castles and discuss how the description could have been better.Slide13
Bodily-Kinesthetic Intelligence
Movement and doing things.
Excel in physical activities, like dance and sport.
They may enjoy acting or performing.Slide14
Bodily-Kinesthetic Intelligence
Often learn best by physically doing something, rather then reading or hearing about it.
Use “muscle memory”
(remember things through their body, not through words or images)
Good careers include, athletes, dancers, actors, comedians, builders, and artisansSlide15
Bodily-Kinesthetic Intelligence
Learning through moving and 'making and doing' things
Example: Act It Out!
Pick one of your vocabulary words and take turns acting out your words. See if teammates can guess which word you are acting out. See if you can guess the words your teammates are acting out.Slide16
Musical Intelligence
Rhythm, music, and hearing.
Greater sensitivity to sounds, rhythms, tones, and music.
Good pitch, maybe even absolute pitch
Able to sing, play instruments, and compose musicSlide17
Musical
Creating and listening to rhythms, music, dance
Example: The Antonym Song
Work with a partner to write a song about antonyms to the tune of “Jingle Bells”. Sing your song to another pair.Slide18
Naturalistic Intelligence
Nature, nurturing, and classification.
Greater sensitivity to nature and their place within it
Ability to nurture and grow things
Caring for, taming, and interacting with animalsSlide19
Naturalistic Intelligence
This is the newest of the intelligences
Not as widely accepted
Good careers include, scientists, naturalists, conservationists, gardeners, and farmersSlide20
Naturalist
Exploring nature, using natural materials, caring for the environment
Example: The Spotted Horse
Write a creative story about the spotted horse.Slide21
Interpersonal Intelligence
Deals with the interaction with others
Usually extroverts
Sensitivity to others’ moods, feelings, temperaments, and motivations
Able to cooperate in order to work as a member of a groupSlide22
Interpersonal Intelligence
Communicate effectively
Empathize easily with others
Can be a leader or a follower
Learn best by working with others with discussion and debate
Good careers include, politicians, managers, social workers, and diplomats.Slide23
Interpersonal Intelligence
Working with other people
Example: Building Relations
Work with a partner to write connections between two seemingly different objects. Take turns writing your answers. Compare your answers with another pair.Slide24
Intrapersonal Intelligence
Deals with oneself.
Usually introverts
Prefer to work alone
Highly self-aware
Can understand their own:
Emotions
Goals
MotivationsSlide25
Intrapersonal Intelligence
Learn best when allowed to concentrate on the subject by themselves.
High level of perfectionism with this intelligence
Philosophers, psychologists, theologians, & writersSlide26
Intrapersonal
Working alone, goal setting, focusing on your own learning
Example: Making analogies
Write how you are like the shapes below (circle, triangle, square, pentagon). Share your answers with a teammate. Slide27
Relationship to Education
Many schools are very focused on the development of logical and linguistic intelligences (reading and writing)
Some students thrive while others fail
Gardner’s theory argues that students will be better served by a broader vision of education, where teachers use many different types of methods to teach students.
Who is a teacher here at JHS that does this well?Slide28
Multiple Intelligence as a Diagnostic Tool
Asks “how are you smart?” rather than “how smart are you?”
Helps teachers see how students learn
No competition and does not injure the child’s self-esteem
Helps parents know how to help their kids learnSlide29
Relationship to Education
The application of multiple intelligences varies widely
Some teachers use them for a student who is struggling
Some teachers use them as a different approach to teach the material
In some schools, the teachers are required to use all of the intelligences while they are teaching
This gives the children an opportunity to use and develop all the different intelligences, not the few at which they naturally excel.Slide30
Opposition to MI
The Definition of Intelligence
Gardner is denying the existences of intelligence, as it is traditionally understood, and instead uses the word “intelligence” where other people have traditionally used words like “ability”
Gardner has not settled on a single definition of intelligence.Slide31
Opposition to MI
Intellectual Relativism
The theory’s definition of intelligence leads to the belief that all human beings are equally intelligent
Success In the Classroom
A number of studies have looked at the use of Gardner’s ideas in classrooms, and say that there is no evidence that his ideas work in practiceSlide32
Resources
Howard Gardner, Multiple Intelligences and Education:
www.infed.org/thinkers/gardner/htm
“An Explanation of Learning Styles and Multiple Intelligences (MI)”
www.ldpride.net/learningstyles.mi.htm
“Learning styles are simply different approaches or ways of learning”.
“Conceived by Howard Gardner, Multiple Intelligences are seven
Different ways to demonstrate intellectual ability”.
Multiple Intelligence Assessment
http://www.bagl.org/custom/resources