Howard Gardner's Theory Of Multiple Intelligences

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Education is a vital step in the development of an individual as it instils important values and information for our society. However, learning how to educate these individuals requires the attention and an adequate aptitude of the instructor. Many theorists recognize that students learn in different ways, and that no two students are exactly alike. Therefore, it is important to implement practical values from educational theories when instructing. Personality learning theories help to indicate how personality influences understanding in the classroom. The theory of multiple intelligences was developed by Howard Gardner in 1983 to identify the multiple different types of human intellect. He theorized that each intelligence is evident in a person, even though some are more prevalent than others. Gardner’s theory of multiple intelligences is an important theory that can lead to the significant academic improvement for students whose educators take it into consideration when teaching.
Gardner’s theory of multiple intelligences identifies eight different intelligence areas and their strengths in the classroom. The intelligence areas are: verbal/linguistic, mathematical/logical, visual/spatial, bodily/kinesthetic, musical, interpersonal, intrapersonal, and naturalistic. Each intelligence area has a particular strength that enhance learning in that way. For example, students who have a stronger verbal/linguistic intelligence will be able to write and read well and learns best through hearing and seeing words, speaking, and debating. However, a student who has a stronger bodily/kinesthetic intelligence will have strengths in athletics, using tools, and acting and will learn best through touching, moving, sensations, and processing (Gile...

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...isciplines, but it is the method of improving their intelligences that the theory examines.
Overall, the multiple intelligence theory is a practical and useful way to assist educators and students in an educational environment. Educators can identify how they should be relaying information to their students, and students can interpret how they learn the best. Furthermore, students can understand which intelligences they excel at and use that knowledge to assist them past their schooling, in their jobs and personal lives. This theory is based on the idea that there are many different ways to be intellectual, which challenges all traditional viewpoints that only certain people can be smart. This is important for every individual to recognize because it ensures that there is a self-worth that is developed by identifying each person’s unique strengths and weaknesses.

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