Howard Gardner's Theory Of Multiple Intelligences In The Classroom

Howard Gardner’s theory of multiple intelligence’s (MI theory) is a valuable resource for teachers, if they understood how they could apply this in the classroom (Snowman & McCown, 2012). In this class, there are multiple intelligences observed amongst the students; however, there is minimal differentiated instruction to allow the students the best opportunities for success. It is critical that teachers understand that their teaching methods may not be wrong, but they

In “A Rounded Version: The Theory of Multiple Intelligences”, Howard Gardner illustrates how there are a variety of intelligences. Gardner starts off with an example how IQ tests may predict achievement in school but may not predict achievement in life. After finding out certain parts of the brain are responsible for certain functions, such as “Broca’s Area” which is responsible for sentence production, Gardner proposes the existence of multiple intelligences. Multiple studies later led him to propose seven distinct intelligences; Musical, bodily-kinesthetic, logical-mathematical, linguistic, spatial, interpersonal, and intrapersonal. Each intelligence has certain classifications. According to Gardner’s classifications, I realized my intelligences are bodily-kinesthetic, logical-mathematical, and intrapersonal.

Charles Spearman's model of intelligence and Howard Gardner's multiple intelligence theory are two of the most widely used theories of intelligence. In order to understand how similar the two theories are we must first understand their differences. These two men differed in opinion on how IQ and intelligence should be measured, and they differed in opinion on what made a person "smart". In order to examine these things they first had to understand the human brain and how it works. They had to examine the human study habits and rituals, along with the human test taking habits.

     A renowned professor of education and psychology at Harvard University, Howard Gardner has radically changed the way we look at intelligence. In 1983 Gardner published the first of two books that theorize that there are multiple intelligences. Gardner believes “that human cognitive competence is better described in terms of a set of abilities, talents, or mental skills, which we call “intelligence” (378). Gardner’s theory dismisses the idea that intelligence is a single attribute of the mind and suggests that there are different types of intelligences that account for different human

The brain is a complicated thing, and there is evidence to suggest that the mind is not dominated by a single general ability. To many, Howard Gardner is an influential man in the field of education. He is known for his famous theory of multiple intelligences.

Howard Gardner is a child psychologist whose work focused on stages of development, challenging typical notions of intelligence by broadening aspects of what is considered to be “smart.” In his 1983 book, Frames of Mind: The Theory of Multiple Intelligences, he developed a more in depth look at the educational background that makes up every person. His work seemed blasphemous of the entire sanctity that education had previously been based on. While this was questioned, it was still widely accepted as it was a logical expansion on which to base people’s understanding of intelligence. Gardner’s new theory of Multiple Intelligences is based upon this expansion into regions of knowledge that people never thought to acknowledge before. While traditional

Lastly, my philosophy thoughts and beliefs follow that of Howard Gardner. Gardner’s work in education suggests that everyone has multiple intelligences that aids in the way that they learn. He believes that because everybody processes information in different ways, then their learning and understanding will differ as well. Gardner’s Multiple Intelligence theory mentions seven main ways in which he believes that students learn. These multiple intelligence include visual-spatial such as visual aids, bodily-kinesthetic involves movement, musical, interpersonal or the interaction with others, intrapersonal or independent learners, linguistic, and logical-mathematical (Lane, n.d.).

Intelligence is defined as the mental ability of a person to learn and understand effectively and efficiently what is happening around. If any person is considered good enough in communication, understanding and learning, logical reasoning, facts and figures, general knowledge, ability to interpret information and other alike mental activities which account for personal growth, we say that he/she is wise and intelligent. Unfortunately, intelligence is mostly used in terms of learning education only, but general knowledge and common sense are also categorized in intelligence as they constitute a great part of someone's personality. All what is described is usually termed as general intelligence, which had been the subject of interest until researchers from different fields like psychology, artificial intelligence and neurology introduced the concept of "Multiple intelligences". Some theories regarding this phenomena state that "human mind consists of independent and autonomous intelligences, all or some of which can be used at the same time, in contrast to the correlation of all intelligences". The most famous and authentic theory in this regard was presented by famous developmental psychologist Howard Earl Gardner in his book "Frames of Mind: The Theory of Multiple Intelligences" (1983).

As a teacher it will always be my responsibility to keep up to date on new research done on learning theories. That way I am able to provide a fun and exciting learning environment for my students. After learning about Howard Gardner’s Multiple Intelligences I now realize how important it is to make sure I work hard to include every child into my curriculum. Gardner’s theory is that everyone is able to recognize a student that does scores great on an exam is smart, that does not mean that a student that falls short of doing good on the same test is not as brilliant as the other student. Howard Gardner’s, theory opposes traditional methods that view intelligences as unitary, and perceives intelligence to contain eight

Howard Gardner was born on July 11, 1943 in Scranton, PA. He enrolled in Harvard University majoring in History but eventually change his major to Cognitive Developmental Psychology. In 1983 he developed the theory of multiple intelligences which has become widely known. Gardner eight different independent types of intelligences are: Linguistic, Logico-mathematical, Spatial, Musical, Bodily-kinesthetic, Interpersonal, Intrapersonal and Naturalist. He believes that everyone has all intelligences to a certain degree, but each individual display his or her own pattern of intelligence, weak or strong.

According to the originator of multiple intelligences theory, Howard Gardner, however, intelligence can be defined in three ways, namely a property of all human beings; a dimension on which human beings differ; and the ways in which one carries out a task in virtue of one 's goals. (Donovan McFarlane)

What teachers have intuited, Howard Gardner put into words when he developed his theory of Multiple Intelligences (MI). Gardner believed that "all human beings possess all nine intelligences in varying amounts; each person has a different intellectual composition; we can improve education by addressing the multiple intelligences of our students; these intelligences are located in different areas of the brain and can either work independently or together; [and] these intelligences may define the human species" (Workshop: Tapping into multiple intelligences, 2004, Thirteen). Gardner's theory is, in its execution, more subtle than the notion that someone is a pure visual or spatial learner. Some people may have one intellectual strength

Gardner’s theory of multiple intelligences allows educators to differentiate their instruction in order to reach every student. I believe this theory is relevant for this reason. Differentiation has become such an important form of instruction in a teacher’s classroom. Without differentiated instruction, low achieving students are left behind and high achieving students are bored. By using this theory educators are able to learn which students need what type of instruction, which allows every student continued success.

Internationally, people use the Intelligence Quotient (IQ) test in order to determine the level of intellect one person has. However, all the versions of this test aim to only measure one’s cognitive abilities to assess and comprehend different means of problem-solving techniques of general ideas, such as linguistics and arithmetics. Although these cognitive abilities are what we as humans are taught in school settings, they are not the only forms of intelligence that one person can have. According to a psychologist by the name of Howard Gardner, there are 8-9 different kinds of intelligence: linguistic, logical-mathematical, spatial, musical, body-kinesthetic, intrapersonal, interpersonal, naturalistic, and emotional. In his Multiple Intelligence Theory, Gardner claims that just because someone is unsuccessful in one category, does not mean that he/she

The second interpretation Gardner believes is effective involves educators encouraging children to strengthen all of their intelligences. A school in Turkey bases its educational program on this interpretation of the Multiple Intelligence Theory. Students from grades K-3 attend the Esentepe School, which focuses on both enhancing and maintaining every child’s strongest Multiple Intelligence, and developing every child’s weaker ones. This has helped educators create well-rounded students, who turn out to be learners who take in information more effectively then students taught in a limited learning style such as lecture or experiential style. (Saban, 2002, p. 72).