Howard Howard Gardner's Theory of Gardner's Theory of Multiple IntelligenceMultiple Intelligence

Frames of Mind: the theory of multiple intelligence,1983Frames of Mind: the theory of multiple intelligence,1983Intelligence Reframed: multiple Intelligence for the 21Intelligence Reframed: multiple Intelligence for the 21stst

century, 1999century, 1999

Definition of IntelligenceDefinition of IntelligenceIntelligence is the ability to find and solve problems and Intelligence is the ability to find and solve problems and

create products of value in one’s own culturecreate products of value in one’s own culture

Different Types of IntelligenceDifferent Types of Intelligence

Linguistic/verbalLinguistic/verbal Intra personalIntra personal InterpersonalInterpersonal MusicalMusical Bodily KinestheticBodily Kinesthetic Logical –mathematicalLogical –mathematical SpatialSpatial NaturalisticNaturalistic

Linguistic intelligenceLinguistic intelligenceThis type of human intelligence is This type of human intelligence is

Responsible for all kinds of linguistic Responsible for all kinds of linguistic competence-abilities, talents and competence-abilities, talents and skills, available in human beingsskills, available in human beings

Sharing knowledge and information Sharing knowledge and information Reading aloud articleReading aloud article Making reportMaking report Preparing written materialPreparing written material Writing article, imaginary newsWriting article, imaginary news

Intra-personal intelligenceIntra-personal intelligenceThis type of intelligence consists of This type of intelligence consists of

an individual's abilities to enable him an individual's abilities to enable him to know himselfto know himself

Allow pupils to express freely and franklyAllow pupils to express freely and frankly Engage them in journal writing ,reporting and in Engage them in journal writing ,reporting and in

some imaginary writingsome imaginary writing Ask them to prepare a self-appraisal and self-Ask them to prepare a self-appraisal and self-

evaluation reportevaluation report

Inter-Personal IntelligenceInter-Personal IntelligenceIt consists of the abilities to It consists of the abilities to

understand individuals other than understand individuals other than one’s self and one’s relation to othersone’s self and one’s relation to others

Give opportunities for group activities, sharing of experience Give opportunities for group activities, sharing of experience Follow co-operative and Collaborative learning strategiesFollow co-operative and Collaborative learning strategies Conduct debate and discussionConduct debate and discussion Soft skill developmentSoft skill development

Musical IntelligenceMusical IntelligenceThis type of intelligence covers the This type of intelligence covers the

abilities, talents and skills abilities, talents and skills pertaining to the field of music pertaining to the field of music

Reciting and appreciating poems, songs,Reciting and appreciating poems, songs, light musiclight music

Bodily-kinesthetic Bodily-kinesthetic This type of intelligence is concerned This type of intelligence is concerned

with the set of abilities, talents and with the set of abilities, talents and skills involved in using one’s body or its skills involved in using one’s body or its

various parts to perform skillful and various parts to perform skillful and purposeful movements purposeful movements

Conducting activates like Nature study Conducting activates like Nature study camp, mountaineering, swimming and camp, mountaineering, swimming and sports and game competitionssports and game competitions

Logical-mathematical intelligenceLogical-mathematical intelligenceThis types of intelligence is This types of intelligence is

concerned with abilities ,talents and concerned with abilities ,talents and skills in areas related to logic and skills in areas related to logic and

mathematicsmathematics

Collecting facts regarding type of forests Collecting facts regarding type of forests Calculating the different time in different Calculating the different time in different

countries and regioncountries and region Some type of activates for analysis, Some type of activates for analysis,

guessing, classification, categorization guessing, classification, categorization

Spatial IntelligenceSpatial IntelligenceThis type of intelligence is This type of intelligence is

concerned with abilities, talents concerned with abilities, talents and skill involving the and skill involving the

representation and manipulation representation and manipulation of spatial configuration and of spatial configuration and

relationshiprelationship Locating mountains, plateau in the physical mapLocating mountains, plateau in the physical map Slide show, PictureSlide show, Picture Making poster, collage.Making poster, collage. Drawing mapDrawing map

Naturalistic IntelligenceNaturalistic IntelligenceIt is revealed the ability of an It is revealed the ability of an

individual to observe nature keenly, individual to observe nature keenly, to identify the characteristic features to identify the characteristic features

of Biosphereof Biosphere Conducting picnic, study tour, fieldtrips, ectConducting picnic, study tour, fieldtrips, ect Sharing of experiences from natureSharing of experiences from nature