Multiple Intelligences Howard Gardner
It’s not how smart we are; It’s how we are smart.
Intelligence Definition- aptitude (the ability to learn) Multiple Intelligences explain how we learn
Visual/Spatial Thinks in 3-D Pictures in mind Great imagination Hand-eye relationship Design/color
Visual/Spatial Occupations Famous People sailors sculptors/painters engineers pilots designers architects surgeons Famous People L. da Vinci Picasso Frank Lloyd Wright Bobby Fischer I.M.Pei Auguste Rodin
Logical/Mathematical Reasons Analyzes Uses logic Uses numbers Problem-solving Sees patterns
Logical/Mathematical Occupations Mathematician Scientist Accountant/Banker Inventor Detective Engineer Programmer Famous People Albert Einstein Stephan Hawking Agatha Christie Carl Sagan
Bodily/Kinesthetic Activity/motion Hands-on Experimental Manipulate Participate Body language
Bodily/Kinesthetic Occupations Athlete Dancer/Actor Performer Physical Therapist Coach Famous People Marcel Marceau Michael Jordan Babe Ruth Kristy Yamaguchi Jackie Joyner-Kersey
Naturalist Nature Classification Flora/Fauna Patterns Environment Sorting Memory
Naturalist Occupations Famous People Biologist Charles Darwin Zoologist Artists Environmentalist Landscaper Game warden Famous People Charles Darwin John Audubon Meriwether Lewis Carl Sagan
Verbal/Linguistic Reading/Writing Debate/Speech Word puzzles Spelling/Vocab Languages Listening
Verbal/Linguistics Occupations Writer Speaker Actor Teachers Attorneys Politicians Famous People Abraham Lincoln Jerry Seinfeld Martin L. King T.S. Eliot Hemingway
Musical/Rhythmic Singing Playing instruments Rhythms/beats Composing Sound Pitch
Musical/Rhythmic Occupations Composers Conductors Singers DJ Producer Musicians Famous People Henry Mancini Paul McCartney Mozart Luciano Pavarotti Igor Stravinsky Leonard Bernstein
Intrapersonal Self-reflection “Know Thyself” Journaling Emotional Processing Concentration Focusing
Intrapersonal Occupations Famous People Socrates Emily Dickinson Psychologist Researcher Elite Athlete Author Philosopher Explorer Famous People Socrates Emily Dickinson Sigmund Freud Marie Montessori Plato
Interpersonal Cooperative Groups Collaboration Sensing/Intuiting others feelings Uses feedback Empathy
Interpersonal Occupations Teacher Salespeople Social worker Counselor Doctor/Nurse Psychiatrist Famous People Mother Theresa Barbara Walters Mahatma Gandhi Jimmy Carter Larry King
Overview Verbal/Linguistic Logical/Mathematical Musical/Rhythmic Naturalist Visual/Spatial Intrapersonal Interpersonal Bodily/Kinesthetic Word smart logic smart music smart classifying smart art smart self smart people smart body smart
Multiple Intelligences Everyone has all eight of them. There are many ways to be “smart” in any one intelligence. They are not often isolated and usually work together. With work, most people can become reasonably competent in all intellgences.
Assessment web sites MIDAS teachervison teachervision1 Accelerated learning 21st Century Schoolhouse I Think…Therefore…M.I. Multi-intell