The theory of multiple intelligences is Howard Gardner’s theory that proposes that people are not born with all of the intelligence they will ever have. It says that intelligence can be learned throughout life. Also, it claims that everyone is intelligent in at least seven different ways and can develop each aspect of intelligence to an average level of competency. Intelligence, as defined by Gardner, is the ability to solve problems or fashion products that are valuable in one or more cultural settings.

The 7 intelligences included in Gardner’s theory are:

*Verbal/ Linguistic

*Visual/ Spatial

*Interpersonal

*Musical/ Rhythmic

*Logical/ Mathematical

*Intrapersonal

*Bodily/ Kinesthetic

There are 8 Criteria for Defining Multiple Intelligences:

*Each of the intelligences can potentially be isolated by brain damage.

*Each of the intelligences exists in exceptional people (savants or prodigies).

*Each of the intelligences has a process of developing during normal child development and has a peak end-state performance.

*Each of the intelligences is evidenced in species other than human beings.

*Each of the intelligences has been tested using various measures not necessarily associated with intelligence.

*Each of the intelligences can work without the others being present.

*Each of the intelligences has a set of identifiable operations.

*Each of the intelligences can be symbolized or has its own unique symbol or set of symbols.

The theory of multiple intelligences has encouraged the idea that a person is not born with all the intelligence they will ever possess.

In the rest this slide show, each of the intelligences will be explained to give you a better understanding of Howard Gardner’s theory.

Linguistic Intelligence

                                                                             

                                                  

~*Linguistic Intelligence*~

Linguistic Intelligence (Word Smart) is the capacity to use language, your native language, and perhaps other languages, to express what's on your mind and to understand other people.

Gardner's Definition:

Criteria Used for Linguistic Intelligence•Can understand words and manipulate the structure of language

•Has highly developed communication skills including writing, speaking, and story-telling

•Knows and correctly uses rules of grammar

•Enjoys reading, writing, and speaking

•Has a large vocabulary

This person learns best by:•Saying, hearing, and seeing words

•Writing

•Talking

•Reading

•Author

•Journalist

•Poet

•Playwright

•Radio Announcer

•Speech Pathologist (one who interprets)

•Typist

•Novelist

•Comedian

•Politician

•Orator

•Actor

•Curator

These people would do well in these careers.

Famous People With Linguistic Intelligence

•William Shakespeare

•Edgar Allen Poe

•Earnest Hemmingway

•F. Scott Fitzgerald

•Emily Dickinson

•Agatha Christie

•T.S. Eliot

•Rudyard Kipling

Activities These People Would Enjoy

• Book reporting

• Telling jokes• Writing words• Reading • Journal

writing• Speaking

•Letter writing•Storytelling•Discussing•Creative writing•Debating•Persuading

Logical-Mathematical Intelligence

Logical-mathematical intelligence is the capacity to use numbers effectively and reason well. Someone who has this kind of intelligence is able to see cause and effect really well; also, they are able to identify a problem and solve it right there on the spot. People with this intelligence think by reasoning, and they love experimenting, questioning, figuring out logical puzzles, and calculating.

What kinds of processes are used in the logical-mathematical intelligence

sequence?

•Categorization•Classification•Inference•Generalization•Calculation•Hypothesis testing

Careers• Accountant

• Actuary

• Auditor

• Banker

• Bookkeeper

• Businessperson

• Computer Analyst

• Computer Programmer

• Doctor

• Economist

• Legal Assistant

• Mathematician

• Purchasing Agent

• Science Researcher

• Science Teacher

• Statistician

• Technician

• Underwriter

Famous Mathematicians

• Einstein• Pythagoras• Newton• Pascal• Archimedes• Euclid• Copernicus• Plato• Galileo• Aristotle

•Analyzing

•Categorizing

•Formulas

•Logic Games

•Numbers

•Outlining

•Patterns

•Problem Solving

•Reasoning•Time Lines•Synthesis•Sequencing•Rational Thinking•Scientific Thinking•Venn Diagrams•Statistics

Activities

Spatial Intelligenc

e

What is spatial intelligence?

Spatial intelligence is the brain’s ability to perceive and interpret visual stimuli. In other words, it’s how our minds process what we see. Although not very recognized, spatial intelligence is very important in the arts and in everyday life.

Why is spatial intelligence important?

The way that we visually perceive and interpret the world around us is an important quality to have. In the arts, the ability to transfer a vision to a painting, sculpture, or film is a key quality. Careers such as architecture, require a person to transfer a vision of a structure into a blueprint. Spatial intelligence is even used by average people to remember small, but important facts; like how to travel from your school to your house. Everyone uses spatial intelligence in everyday life.

Possible Careers• Advertising Agent

• Architect• Cartographer(Map Maker)

• Drafter• Engineer• Fine Artist• Graphic Designer• Fashion Designer

• Interior Designer

• Inventor• Painter• Photographer• Pilot• Sculptor• Surveyor• Urban Planner

Famous People With High Spatial Intelligence

• Leonardo Da Vinci• Pablo Picasso• Spike Lee• Vincent Van Gogh• Frank Lloyd

Wright (architect)• Steven Spielberg

• Ansel Adams (photographer)

• Amelia Earhart• Auguste Rodin

(sculptor)• Robert Fulton

(inventor)• Michelangelo

Lesson planning activities for spatial

intelligence• Brochures• Collages• Designs• Drawings• Flow Charts• Mapping• Molding Clay• Patterns

• Painting• Photography• Posters• Pretending• Sculpting• Visualization• Idea Sketching• Labeling

What is Bodily-Kinesthetic Intelligence?

It is expertise in using one’s whole body to express ideas and feelings.

Examples: acting, dancing, sports, and using body language

It is the ability to use one’s hands to produce or transform things.

Examples: sculpting clay and hands-on learning

Bodily-Kinesthetic Intelligence

Love Dancing Running Jumping Building Touching Gesturing

Need Role play Drama Movement Things to build Sports and physical

games Tactile (touchable)

experiences Hands-on learning

Thinking through physical sensations

Other Activities that Would be Enjoyed

• Acting• Charades• Collections• Demonstrations• Experiments• Field Trips• Gymnastics

• Impersonations• Inventing• Martial Arts• Miming• Puppetry• Visiting• Exercise

Possible Career Choices

• Actor

• Athlete

• Carpenter

• Choreographer (creates and arranges dances)

• Craftsman

• Dancer

• Farmer

• Forest Ranger

• Inventor• Jeweler• Mechanic• Mime• P.E. Teacher• Physical Therapist• Recreational Director• Actress

• Babe Ruth• Jim Thorpe• Kristi Yamaguchi• Mickey Mantle• Thomas Edison

• Isadora Duncan• Cincinnatus• Fabergè• Wilbur Wright• Orville Wright

What is Musical Intelligence?

Being musically intelligent means that you are able to distinguish the sounds around you and that you have the ability to make your own melodies. Even if you are only singing a song or making music, you are using your musical intelligence!

If you are musically intelligent, you are able to:

• Perceive

• Discriminate

• Transform

• Express

All kinds of musical forms

Types of Musical Intelligence

Figural and Formal

(“top-down”) (“ bottom-up”)

This means that you This means that you

are very intuitive about analytic and technical

the nature of music and about music and its

its creation. creation.

*Anyone can have either both or one of these forms *

CareersThis will give you just a taste for the jobs available in this

growing field. • Advertising Agent

• Conductor

• Disc Jockey

• Film/Instrument Maker

• Composer

• Music Teacher

• Sound Engineer

• Music Therapist

• Song Writer

• Performing Musician

• Piano Turner

• Singer

• Musical Theater Actor/ Actress

• Studio Engineer

• Instrument Manager

• Rapper

Famous Musicians These are just a few of the famous Musicians that helped

shape the field of Music.

• Joan Baez• Zubin Mehta• Ethel Merman• Jean Redpath • Gustav Mahler• Leonard Bernstein• Ella Fitzgerald• Jenny Lind• Stephen Foster• Antonio Stradivari

• Ludwig van Beethoven

• Ray Charles

• Robert Schumann

• Sergei Rachmaninoff

• Yehudi Menuhin

• Willie Nelson

• The Mavericks

• Lawerence Welk

• George Gershwin

ActivitiesThe following is a list of activities that can be used in a

classroom or anywhere else to enhance one’s own musical intelligence.

• Sing Ballads

• Create Chants• Create Concept Songs• Discographies (lists of musical selections to enhance what you are learning or teaching.)• Environmental Sounds• Humming• Illustrate With Sounds• Rhythms

• Instrumental sounds• Listening• Lyrics• Mood Music• Music Composition or creation• Musical concepts• Musical Performance• Percussion and Raps• Reproduce sounds and rhythms• Singing and Songs • Vocal Sounds and Tonal

Patterns

Interpersonal Intelligence

Interpersonal Intelligence

Gardner's Definition: • Interpersonal intelligence, (people

smart), is understanding other people.  It’s an ability we all need, but is at a premium if you are a teacher, clinician, salesperson, or a politician.  Anybody who deals with other people has to be skilled in the interpersonal sphere.

Interpersonally intelligent people enjoy:

* Giving feedback to the teacher or to classmates• Understanding other's feelings• Person-to-person communication• Cooperative learning strategies• Receiving feedback• Group projects• Teaching someone else something new• Learning from someone outside of school• Other points of view• Creating  group rules• Acting in a play or simulation• Conducting an interview• Creating "phone buddies" for homework• Sensing others’ motives• Creating  group rules

Famous Interpersonal People

• Abraham Lincoln       • George Washington        • Ghandi • Dr.Joyce Brothers      • Oprah  Winfrey       • Jesse  Jackson• Martin Luther King       • Rev. Billy Graham 

Interpersonal Careers

• Administrator

• Anthropologist

• Arbitrator

• Counselor

• Manager

• Nurse

• Personnel Director

• Politician

• Public Relations

• Salesperson

• School Principal

• Sociologist

• Therapist

• Teacher

• Travel Agent

• Religious Leader

• Psychologist

“What is intrapersonal intelligence?”

Intrapersonal intelligence is self-knowledge and the ability to act adaptively on the basis of that knowledge. This intelligence includes having an accurate picture of oneself (one’s strengths and weaknesses); awareness of inner moods, intentions, motivations, temperaments, and desires; and the capacity for self-discipline, self-understanding, and self-esteem. Essentially, it’s how well you know yourself.

• Clergyman • Entrepreneur

• Program planner • Psychiatrist

• Psychology Teacher • Philosopher

• Theologian • Researcher

• Spiritual Counselor • Psychologist

* Aristotle

* Emily Dickinson

* General George Patton

* Helen Keller

* Malcolm X

* Mohammed