Howard Gardner

By Bobby Cooke

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Table of Contents

• About Howard Gardner• Project Zero• Theory of Multiple Intelligences• Implementations of Theory of Multiple Intellig

ences• Why is Multiple Intelligences Successful

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• Teachers Role• Technology’s Role• Teaching to Multiple Intelligences in today’s cl

assroom• Implications for Adult Learning• Quiz

About Howard Gardner

• Developmental psychologist• Professor Harvard Graduate School of

Education• Harvard Project Zero• Theory of Multiple Intelligences

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Project Zero

• Educational Research Group– Founded by Nelson Goodman– Howard Gardner founding research assistant

• Co-director 1972-2000 (with David Gardner)

• Goal is to understand and build on human cognitive development– Processes of Learning in the arts and other disciplines

• Places learner at center of educational process– Go back to Table of Contents

Theory of Multiple Intelligences

• Traditional notion of Intelligence to limited– IQ test– Focus on Linguistic and logical-mathematical Intelligence

• Different Methods of learning and processing– Individual of one another– Different Intelligences

• Bodily-kinesthetic , Interpersonal, Intrapersonal, Linguistic, Logical-mathematical, Musical, Naturalist, and Spatial

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Implementation of Theory of Multiple Intelligences

• 8 different Pathways to learning– One for each type of learner– Use of experiences in natural world (naturalist), pictures (spatial), a

physical experience(bodily-kinesthetic), music (musical), numbers or logic (logical-mathematical), self-reflection (intrapersonal), social experience (interpersonal), and words (Linguistic)

• Train Teachers to present their lessons in multiple ways– Using music, cooperative learning, art activities, role play,

multimedia, field trips, inner reflection, along with traditional methods

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Why is the Multiple Intelligences model successful

• Each student has opportunity to excel in at least one area

• Each student learns a subject matter in a variety of different ways, creating more chances of success and retaining information

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Teachers Role in a Multiple Intelligences program

• Observe students from different perspectives– How do they learn best?

• Pushing students rather than pulling• Working with students rather than for them• Become more creative and multimodal in own

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Technology Use in a Multiple Intelligences Program

• Computers widely available in some areas– Allows for students to learn at own pace– Students have access to many tools that may cater

to their individual needs• A lot of information available• Programs with audio content, programs with great

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Implementing a Multiple Intelligences Program in Today’s classroom

• Assessment drives instruction– Tough to assess untraditional intelligences

• Curriculum is rigid and inflexible at times• Educational reforms only happen in times of

crisis– Tough to make changes

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Implications for adult learning and development

• Theory of Multiple Intelligences not just for kids• A lot of adults are not in jobs that make optimal use of

their highest developed intelligence– (May be a Bodily-Kinesthetic Intelligence working in a logical

desk-job when they would be better placed in a job where they could move around like a forest ranger, recreational leader, or physical therapist)

• Gives adults a new way to look at their lives– Examining potentials they left behind that they can now

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Quiz Goals

• Show knowledge of Howard Gardner• Understand Theory of Multiple Intelligences• Apply Theory of Multiple Intelligences to

classroom situations

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Question #1

• Howard Gardner co-directed a program called– A. Project Zero– B. No child left behind– C. 8 Kinds of Smart– D. Project Eight

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Question #2

• What is not one of Dr. Howard Gardner’s eight different Intelligences in his Theory of Multiple Intelligences?– A. Linguistic– B. Spatial– C. Intrapersonal– D. Competititional

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Question #3

• Traditional Notions of Intelligence Focus on what 2 of Howard Gardner’s 8 multiple intelligences– A. Linguistic and Logical-Mathematical– B. Interpersonal and Linguistic– C. Logical-Mathematical and Spatial– D. Bodily-Kinesthetic and Intrapersonal

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Question #4

• Howard Gardner’s theory of Multiple Intelligences can be implemented– A. for children under age 7– B. for children under age 12– C. for all age kids in school– D. for learners of all ages

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Question #5

• If you’re teaching about the law of supply and demand in economics and your dealing with a linguistic learner (words) you should try to teach the lesson by having the student– A. examine a graphic chart that illustrates the prin

ciple– B. examine the law in terms of your own body– C. read about it– D. write a song about it

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• Congratulations you have completed the quiz!• Hope you enjoyed

Bibliography

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• Winner, Ellen. The history of howard gardner. Retrieved from www.howardgardner.com/bio/lerner_winner.htm

• Winner, Ellen(2010).Research projects. Project Zero. Retrieved from pzweb.harvard.edu/Research/Research.htm