Multiple Multiple IntelligencesIntelligences

Multiple Multiple IntelligencesIntelligencesHoward Gardner in

Frames of minds (1983) put forth a Multiple Intelligences theory that suggests that an array of different kinds of intelligences exist in human beings.

Three Three Fundamental Fundamental PropositionsPropositions

1. Intelligence is not unitary.

2. Intelligence is not fixed.

3. Intelligence is not fully

measured by IQ tests.

What is an What is an intelligence?intelligence?“ …ability to solve problems

or fashion products that are

of consequence in a

particular cultural setting or

community.

(Gardner,1983)

The Eight Functions of Intelligences

• SurvivalSurvival

• SkillsSkills

• PerceptivenessPerceptiveness

• Problem Problem

SolvingSolving

•

Communicati

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• Creativity

• Knowledge

• wisdom

The Eight The Eight IntelligencesIntelligences

• Verbal/Linguistic

• Logical/

Mathematical

• Visual/Spatial

• Musical /Rhythmic

• Word Smart• Logical/Math Smart

• Art/Space

Smart

• Music Smart

• Bodily/

Kinesthetic

• Naturalist

• Interpersonal

• Intrapersonal

• Body Smart

• Nature Smart

• People Smart

• Self Smart

The Eight The Eight IntelligencesIntelligences

Verbal/Linguistic IntelligenceThe ability to use

words and language.

• highly developed

auditory skills.

• elegant speakers.

• think in words rather

than pictures.William

Shakespeare

(1564 – 1611)

Skills:

Listening, speaking, writing, story

telling, explaining, teaching, using

humor, understanding the syntax

and meaning of words,

remembering information,

convincing someone of their point

of view, analyzing language usage.

Verbal/Linguistic Intelligence

Logical/Mathematical Intelligence

The ability to use reason,

logic and numbers.

• think conceptually in

logical

and numerical patterns.

• make connections between

pieces of information.Albert Einstein

(1879-1955)

•always curious about the

world around them.

•ask lots of questions.

•Like to do experiments.

Logical/Mathematical Intelligence Skills:

Problem solving, classifying and categorizing information, working

with abstract concepts to figure out the relationship of each to the other, handling long chains of

reason to make local progressions, doing controlled experiments,

questioning and wondering about natural events, performing complex mathematical calculations, working

with geometric shapes

Visual/Spatial IntelligenceThe ability to perceive the

visual.

• tend to think in pictures.

• need to create vivid mental

images to retain information.

• enjoy looking at maps,

charts, pictures, videos, and movies.

Michelangelo

(1475-1564)

Visual/Spatial IntelligenceSkills:

Puzzle building, reading, writing, understanding charts and graphs,

a good sense of direction, sketching, painting, creating

visual metaphors and analogies (perhaps through the visual arts),

manipulating images, constructing, fixing, designing practical objects, interpreting

visual images.

Musical/Rhythmic IntelligenceThe ability to produce and

appreciate music.• think in sounds, rhythms and patterns.• immediately respond to music either appreciating or criticizing what they hear.• extremely sensitive to environmental sounds (e.g. crickets, bells, dripping taps.)

Ustad Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan

(1948-1997)

Musical/Rhythmic Intelligence

Skills:

Singing, whistling, playing

musical instruments, recognizing

tonal patterns, composing music,

remembering melodies,

understanding the structure and

rhythm of music.

Bodily/Kinesthetic IntelligenceThe ability to control body

movements and handle objects skillfully.

• express themselves through

movement.

• have a good sense of balance

and eye-hand co-ordination.

Sir Edmund Hillary

• able to remember and process

information through interacting

with the space around them.

Bodily/Kinesthetic IntelligenceSkills:

Dancing, physical co-ordination,

sports, hands on experimentation,

using body language, crafts, acting,

miming, using their hands to create

or build, expressing emotions

through the body.

Naturalist Intelligence

The ability to

understand

environmental

interdependence and

appreciate plants,

flowers, trees and

animals.

Steve Irwin

(1962-2006)

• attracted to any type of natural stimuli, including plants, animals, clouds, minerals, rocks, land formations, or chemicals.

Naturalist IntelligenceSkills:

Analyzing similarities and differences, caring for plants, gardens, pets, wild animals, collecting plants, insects,

rocks, discovering patterns in nature, predicting the weather, protecting the

environment, recognizing species, rocks, stars and clouds, taming and

training animals.

Interpersonal IntelligenceThe ability to relate and

understand others. • try to see things from other people's point of view in order to understand how they think and feel.• often have an uncanny ability to sense feelings, intentions and motivations.

Martin Luther King Jr.

(1929-1968)

• are great organizers and try to maintain peace in group settings and encourage co-operation.

• use both verbal (e.g. speaking) and non-verbal language (e.g. eye contact, body language) to communicate.

Interpersonal IntelligenceSkills:

Seeing things from other perspectives (dual-

perspective), listening, using empathy, understanding other people's moods and feelings, counseling, co-operating with

groups, noticing people's moods, motivations and intentions,

communicating both verbally and non-verbally, building trust, peaceful

conflict resolution, establishing positive relations with other people.

Intrapersonal IntelligenceThe ability to self-reflect

and be aware of one's inner state of being.

•try to understand their

inner feelings, dreams, relationships with others, and strengths and weaknesses.

Allama Iqbal

(1877-1938)

Intrapersonal IntelligenceSkills:

Recognizing their own strengths and weaknesses, reflecting and

analyzing themselves, awareness of their inner feelings, desires and dreams, evaluating their thinking

patterns, reasoning with themselves, understanding their

role in relationship to others.

Three Visions for Education

Matching,

Stretching,

Celebrating MI

Matching

• Matching instructional strategies with students’

intelligences

The more ways we teach, the more students we reach –

And the more ways we reach each!

Stretching

• Nurturing the development of each intelligence.

Helping students stretch every facet of every

intelligence- Making students smarter in

many ways!

Celebrating

• Respecting others’ unique pattern of intelligences and

appreciating differences.

Honoring uniqueness and celebrating diversity –

Asking not how smart we are, but how we are smart!