The outlook on life has altered throughout the last century. Psychologist, neurologist, and educators are now discovering the body and mind are more intricate than what it used to be perceived as. There are innovative techniques to observing the intelligence that an individual has or is capable of doing. Psychologist Howard Gardner produced the Multiple Intelligence theory (MI). Gardner (1999) expressed intelligence as “the ability to solve problems or fashion products that are of consequence in a particular cultural setting or community”. Gardner (2006) says, “humans have at least nine intelligences” such as linguistics, logical-mathematical, spatial, bodily-kinesthetic, musical, interpersonal, intrapersonal, naturalist, and existential. Multiple intelligences hold a very significant position in contributing how the world works, they are all respected in a different sense by society, and injuries to certain areas of the brain can disturb different parts of intelligence but not all of them at once. Everyone is a genius in his or her own distinctive form. Individuals just have to learn to accept their abilities as a distinguished strength.
Every type of intelligence is essential to the world and in the way it functions. Without individual intelligences people would not be able to generate or complete different types of task required for sustaining life. For example, linguistics has molded numerous cultures in defining the life surrounding them. Linguistics can be portrayed as someone who is good at learning foreign language, an individual skilled at writing, or a person who is great at conveying complex ideas. When a person strives in this category they tend to have an upper hand working within a business. However, intelligence i...
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...trengths they will be capable to comprehend how to perceive different solutions. With society being the assessor on which is more valuable, a person can ensure they reach their full potential to be recognized. Additionally, knowing that even though someone may have a disability, they still have the capability of being active elsewhere. Hopefully, one-day people will take into more consideration on constituting their own intelligence so humanity can become all it can be! Howard Gardner says, “We don’t need more people of high intelligence or multiple intelligences, we need people who will use their intelligences for positive ends.”
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Gardner, Howard. (2006). Changing Minds The art and Science of Changing Our Own and Other People’s Mind. HBS Press.
Helding, L. (2009). Howard Gardner's Theory of Multiple Intelligences. Journal Of Singing, 66(2), 193-199.
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When a person utters the word “intelligence,” people tend to think of a genius like Albert Einstein developing some obscure equation that the great majority of the population will never understand. The problem with the definition of intelligence is that people relate intelligence to words like “genius” which require intelligence but do not have the same definition as intelligence. Often, people try to use related words to define intelligence, but these words are unable to define intelligence since many are only different levels of intelligence. While many definitions try to encompass the meaning of intelligence and various definitions describe a small part of intelligence, no definition completely explains intelligence, because intelligence is a concept that is understood only after realizing that intelligence is based on three basic concepts: logic, growth, and emotion. Although many people believe that humans are the only creatures capable of intelligence, other animals exhibit intelligence and are capable of further demonstrate the complex concept of intelligence.
Howard Gardner, a professor at Harvard, introduced his theory of multiple intelligences in 1983. Multiple intelligence’s is a theory about the brain that says human beings are born with single intelligence that cannot be changed, and is measurable by a psychologist. Gardner believes that there are eight different intelligences in humans. The eight are verbal linguistic, visual spatial, bodily kinesthetic, mathematical logic, musical, intrapersonal, interpersonal, and naturalist. Understanding these intelligence’s will help us to design our classroom and curriculum in a way that will appeal to all of our students. We might also be able to curve discipline problems by reaching a student in a different way. One that will make more sense to them and more enjoyable. We can include all of the intelligences in lessons to accommodate all of the students’ different learning styles at once. By reaching each students intelligence we can assume that a student will perform better which, could mean students retaining more important information. A students learning style can also help lead them into a more appropriate career direction. As a teacher you can also learn your own personal learning style or intelligence to help improve the way you learn and teach.