Tracy Green Lindsay Shrader

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Gardners Multiple Intelligences

• Tracy Green Lindsay Shrader
• Kathleen Hurst Wendy Gorton

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Introduction

• The Theory of Multiple Intelligences
• was created by Dr. Howard Gardner
• in 1983.
• Gardners theory places an emphasis on the idea
  that the traditional understanding of
  intelligence by means of IQ testing is far too
  limited.
• To broaden this notion of intelligence, Gardner
  introduced eight different types of intelligences
  consisting of (and to be elaborated on later)
  Logical/Mathematical, Linguistic, Musical,
  Spatial, Bodily-Kinesthetic, Naturalist,
  Interpersonal, Intrapersonal.

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The Eight Intelligences

• Logical-Mathematical (Number/Reasoning Smart)
  Sensitivity to, and capacity to discern, logical
  or numerical patterns ability to handle long
  chains of reasoning
• End States Scientist, Mathematician
• Linguistic (Word Smart) Sensitivity to the
  sounds, rhythms, and meanings of words
  sensitivity to the different functions of
  language
• End States Poet, Journalist

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The Eight Intelligences

• Musical (Music Smart) Abilities to produce and
  appreciate rhythm, pitch, and timbre
  appreciation of the forms of musical
  expressiveness
• End States Composer, Violinist
• Spatial (Picture Smart) Capacities to perceive
  the visual-spatial world accurately and to
  perform transformations on ones initial
  perceptions
• End States Navigator, Sculptor

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The Eight Intelligences

• Bodily-Kinesthetic (Body Smart) Abilities to
  control ones body movements and to handle
  objects skillfully
• End States Dancer, Athlete
• Naturalist (Nature Smart) Abilities to recognize
  plants and animals, to make distinctions in the
  natural world, to understand systems and define
  categories
• End States Botanist, Farmer, Hunter

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The Eight Intelligences

• Interpersonal (People Smart) Capacities to
  discern and respond appropriately to the moods,
  temperaments, motivations, and desires of other
  people
• End States Therapist, Salesman
• Intrapersonal (Self-Smart) Access to ones own
  feelings and the ability to discriminate among
  them and draw on them to guide behavior
• End States Personal with detailed, accurate
  self-knowledge

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Applications

• Dr. Gardner says that our schools and culture
  focus most of their attention on linguistic and
  logical-mathematical intelligence, where some
  unique ways of thinking arent addressed.
• This often leads to kids being labeled as
  learning disabled or hyperactive when they
  may not be.
• The theory of multiple intelligences proposes a
  major transformation in the way our schools are
  run. It suggests that teachers be trained to
  present their lessons in a wide variety of ways
  using music, cooperative learning, art
  activities, role play, multimedia, field trips,
  inner reflection, and much more

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Implementing Gardner

• Lesson Design Using all or different
  intelligences and asking students for opinions on
  them.
• Student Projects Students can learn to "initiate
  and manage complex projects" when they are
  creating student projects.
• Assessments Devised which allow students to show
  what they have learned. Sometimes this takes the
  form of allowing each student to devise the way
  he or she will be assessed, while meeting the
  teacher's criteria for quality.
• Misuses Trying to teach all concepts or subjects
  using all intelligences, using an intelligence as
  a background for other activities, direct
  evaluation or grading of intelligences without
  regard to context.

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Implementing Gardner

• Common Good Uses (from Gardner himself)
• The cultivation of desired capabilities. Schools
  should cultivate those skills and capabilities
  that are valued in the community and in the
  broader society.
• Approaching a concept, subject matter, discipline
  in a variety of ways. Schools try to cover too
  much. It makes far more sense to spend a
  significant amount of time on key concepts,
  generative ideas, and essential questions and to
  allow students to become familiar with these
  notions and their implications.
• The personalization of education. At the heat of
  this perspective- in theory and in practice-
  inheres in taking human difference seriously.

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Conclusion

• An awareness of Gardners multiple-intelligence
  theory has provided teachers with the knowledge
  necessary to satisfy the educational needs of
  many more students.
• With an understanding of Gardner's theory of
  multiple intelligences, teachers, school
  administrators, and parents can better understand
  the different possibilities of each students
  learning preference. The application of of
  multiple intelligences in the classroom can
  stimulate a students learning in new ways.

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References

• Woolfolk, Anita. Educational Psychology.
• http//www.ibiblio.org/edweb/edref.mi.th3.html
• http//www.thomasarmstrong.com/multiple_intelligen
  ces.htm