Multiple Intelligences

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Multiple Intelligences

• Mrs. Hanseling
• Human Behavior

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Multiple Intelligence

• What do you think of when you hear the word
  smart?
• According to Howard Gardner, the creator of the
  Theory of Multiple Intelligence

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Weve been lied to about our Intelligence!
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Weve been told that our intelligence is fixed
and static at birth
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Weve been told that our intelligence is equal to
our IQ.
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Weve been told that theres nothing we can do
about the intelligence we showed up with-- were
stuck with it and must learn to compensate.
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So what is the TRUTH??
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The truth is that your intelligence grows,
expands and changes throughout your entire life.
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At any age, and at almost any ability level, you
can learn to be smarter than you think you are!
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What is Multiple Intelligences?

• Meta-intelligence thinking about and studying
  the different ways people learn and relate to
  themselves and others.
• Multiple Intelligences nine ways of relating to
  ideas, to ourselves, and to others sometimes
  called the nine ways of being smart

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Why study Multiple Intelligence?

• Help communicate with those around you
• Help understand yourself better
• Help choose classes to take in high school
• Help choose degree to major in
• Help choose a career

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Multiple Intelligences

• Lets review the 9 types of intelligence.

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• Verbal/Liguistic
• Logical/Mathematical
• Visual/Spacial
• Interpersonal
• Intrapersonal
• Bodily/Kinesthetic
• Existential
• Naturalist
• Musical/Rhythmic

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Linguistic/Verbal (word smart)

• Students are word smart when they
• Learn through reading, writing, discussing
• Communicate effectively
• Have a good vocabulary
• Write clearly
• Spell easily
• Think in words
• Career Writer, Comedian, Poet
• Famous People include William Shakespeare, John
  Steinbeck, Jane Austin, Emily Dickinson.

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Logical-Mathematical (math smart)

• Students are Logic/Math
• Smart when they
• Think in numbers, patterns and algorithms
• Think clearly and analytically
• Learn by appeal to logic
• Use abstract symbols
• Solve logic problems easily
• Are good in Math
• Careers Mathematician, computer programmer, tax
  consultant
• Famous people include Albert Einstein, Bertrand
  Russell, Marie Currie, Isaac Newton.

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Spatial/Visual (picture smart)

• Students are art/space smart when they
• Think in pictures and images
• Are good with spatial relations
• Have a good eye for detail and color
• See solutions to problems
• Learn through visuals
• Like to draw and create
• Careers Artist, Architect, Landscape designer
• Famous people include Georgia OKeefe, Pablo
  Picasso, Claude Monet, M.C. Escher

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Bodily-Kinesthetic (body smart)

• Students are Body Smart when they
• Are highly coordinated
• Use gestures and body language
• Take things apart and fix them
• Learn through hands on activities
• Enjoy acting and role-playing
• Enjoy dancing and athletics
• Career Athlete, Dancer, Crafter, Carpenter,
  Sculptor
• Famous people include Mary Lou Retton, Michael
  Jordan, Babe Ruth, Monica Seles.

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Musical (music Smart)

• Students are Music Smart when they
• Have a good sense of rhythm and melody
• Like to sing, hum, chant and rap
• Enjoy listening to music
• Read and write music
• Learn through music and lyrics
• Enjoy creating music
• Career Composer, DJ, Singer
• Famous people include Ludwig van Beethoven,
  Madonna, Louis Armstrong, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart.

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Interpersonal (people smart)

• Students are people smart when they
• Make and maintain friends easily
• Understand and respect others
• Lead and organize others
• Resolve conflicts
• Learn by interacting with others
• Like to work and be with others
• Careers Business person, politcian, counselor,
  teacher
• Famous people include Mother Theresa, Winston
  Churchhill, Martin Luther King Jr., John F.
  Kennedy.

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Intrapersonal (self smart)

• Students are Self smart when they
• Need time to process information
• Think about their own thinking
• Have strong opinions and beliefs
• Are introspective
• Know themselves well
• Like quiet time alone
• Career Therapist, Researcher
• Famous people are St. Thomas Aquinas, Sigmund
  Freud, Confucious, Mohandas Gandhi.

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Naturalist (nature smart)

• Students are nature smart when they
• Are aware of their natural surroundings
• Discriminate different flora and fauna
• Are good at sorting and classifying
• Have keen observational skills
• Understand natural phenomena
• Garden or care for pets or animals
• Careers Zoologist, Ecologist
• Famous people include Charles Darwin, Carl Sagan,
  Jane Goodall, Jacques Cousteau, Henry David
  Thoreau.

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Existential

• Students are Existential Smart when they
• Pose questions about life, death and ultimate
  realities
• Questions may be
• What was the world like before I was born?
• What life might be like on another planet
• Where do pets go after they have passed on?
• Where animals understand each other
• Is there really another Dimension?
• Is there the existence of ghosts and spirits?
• Careers Philosopher, Professor
• Famous People include Aristotle, Confucius,
  Einstein, Emerson, Plato, Socrates.

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Key Points in Multiple Intelligences Theory

• Everyone has all 9 intelligences
• Most can develop all 9 to competence
• Intelligences usually work together
• There are many ways to be intelligent in each
  category.

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Pair and shareReview/Discussion Questions

• Which intelligence(s) did you score highest in?
  Do you agree with the result?
• Which intelligence(s) did you score lowest in? Do
  you agree with the result?
• Which classes might you excel in if you used your
  top intelligence?
• What type of career could you go into?

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The End.
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• What does the brain do?
• Controls the body
• Makes your body work
• Learns, processes and stores ideas
• What are 3 main functions of the brain?
• Understanding
• Regulate body functions
• Make decisions

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MI

• What kinds of things will help your brain stay
  healthy?
• Exercise
• Sleep
• Eat right
• Treat safely
• What kinds of things will damage or hurt your
  brain?
• Drugs, alcohol, trauma, eating disorders