Transcript Howard Gardner Multiple Intelligences Frames of Mind Educational Psychologist (Harvard)

Howard Gardner
Multiple Intelligences
1983 Frames of Mind
Educational Psychologist (Harvard)
What is an Intelligence?
Social or Cultural utility across
cultures
Scientific Basis (identifiable by
anatomy, testing, empirical data).
Evolutionary Utility
Multiple Intelligences
A Useful tool for thinking about the
variety of learners in the classroom.
For those working with early
adolescents,
this theory can have profound impact
on our thinking about physical, social,
emotional, and cognitive development
in children.
Multiple Intelligence
Acknowledging this theory means we
have another tool for empathetically
understanding the developmental
needs of early adolescents.
Early adolescents may show the
signs of their developing intelligence
in one of Gardner’s areas of M.I.
Multiple Intelligences
Linguistic
Musical
Logical
Mathematical
Spatial-Visual
Bodily Kinesthetic
Interpersonal
Intrapersonal
Natural History
TheologicalSpiritual
Multiple Intelligence
It is important to understand that most
learners have capabilities within each
of the intelligences. Even so, some
learners will clearly show
predispositions in one of the
intelligences.
Examples:
An idea from coaching:
Training the “strong side” versus
training the “weak side.”
We can plan Middle School activities
for developmental and M.I. tasks and
opportunities for growth.
An Idea from Piaget
By using the MI approach, we match
Developmentally appropriate
tasks/challenges to more learners
more of the time.
Integration and ‘Holism”
Varied and thoughtful use of the MI
approach may help develop the whole
child. It is consistent with the
integrative needs of early
adolescents.
WHY?