“Students learn in ways that are identifiable distinctive. The broad spectrum of students-and perhaps the society as a whole- would be better served if disciplines could be presented in a number of ways and learning could be assessed through a variety of means” -Howard Gardner. The Theory of Multiple Intelligences was conceived by Howard Gardner in 1983. It states that intelligence comes in not simply the form of mathematics and language arts, but in multiple. Each one covering different topics that show how that beholder is skilled in that subject. Without these different forms of knowledge, many would be considered inferior for not being adept at the common embodiment of intelligence.
One of these forms of intelligences includes intrapersonal
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It is the ability to conceptualize the nature of the world around us and our place in it. People with this intelligence commonly study philosophy and psychology to try and tackle the deeper questions of existence. In the poem “The People, Yes,” one of the main two characters, the red man, shows signs of possessing existential intelligence. In the poem, the other character, the white man, draws a small circle in the sand to represent the red man’s peoples’ level of intelligence. He then proceeds to draw a larger circle over the smaller circle to represent his peoples’ level of intelligence. But suddenly the red man takes the stick and draws a circle even larger than both of them and says …. He made the observation that there are some things that no one will ever know. He didn’t think of which race was smarter, he thought of what neither could understand. The red man showed existential intelligence because he thought beyond humanity, he thought existentially. Another example of a person that thought on an existential level was Socrates. Socrates was a famous greek philosopher that might have even been considered the first philosopher by many. He conceived the “Socratic Method,” it was essentially a step by step guide to teach people how to think critically. The man also taught the debatable more famous philosopher, Plato. Socrates never documented his discoveries in the subject of philosophy, he just taught his findings to his students from memory. However, his pupil Plato did. Without the credits given to Socrates by Plato in his writings, the world would have likely never knew of the great philosopher. Existential intelligence is an important intelligence because its the intelligence that tries to find the answers to the questions beyond our comprehension. Which is why it is an intelligence. Even though most can’t fathom the questions that the existentials ask, those
It is without any doubt, that in the last ten years’ technology has evolved and developed in ways that people have never imagined. With the world at our fingertips, and an unlimited supply of information at out access, shouldn’t we be living in a society filled with higher and more educated thinkers? As Bill Kovach and Tom Rosenstiel stated in their novel Blur, “When information is in greater supply, knowledge becomes harder to create, because we have to sift through more data to arrive at it. Confusion and uncertainty are more likely.” After reading through some of their main points of their book, I couldn’t agree more with their statement.
According to Howard Gardner (1991), every individual is born with a certain intelligence or potential intelligence. It is unfair to teach and/or assess an individual with a standard guideline or benchmark. This is mainly because every individual possess a different intellectual strength and different kinds of mind that learn, perform and understand in a different ways which is difficult to be changed. If an individual cannot understand the way we communicate, we should communicate in the way they can understand. Howard Gardner (1983), in his Multiple Intelligence Theory, proposes that human intelligence has seven dimensions that should be acknowledged and developed by the encouragement of learning and self-development and
One such theory is that of Sternberg; Sternberg's triarchic theory of intelligence categorizes intelligence into three different types: analytical, creative, and practical (Santrock, 2017, pg. 292). Another theory about types of intelligence is Gardner's Eight Frames of Mind. Gardner's Eight Frames of Mind consists of eight categories that describe different types of intelligence, these categories include: verbal, mathematical, spatial, bodily-kinesthetic, musical, interpersonal, intrapersonal, and naturalist (Santrock, 2017, pg. 293). The importance of recognizing that there are different types of intelligence is that it redefines the way one looks at intelligence as a whole. For instance, say a person is not skilled in mathematics and fails majority of their math courses, one may think this person is just not intelligent. However, acknowledging the different types of intelligence would help one to see that while they may not be a person who is skilled in mathematics, they may be incredibly musically skilled or be great with interpersonal
The definition of intelligence that is explained in the book is having certain attributes that help you become a stronger individual. The qualities are having honesty, ethics morals and compassion. One has to achieve this intelligence thoughtlessly; Charlie shows this before he has his operation. By reaching this type of intelligence a person does not have to have a lot knowledge or a high I.Q, but you may reach peace in life by being a spiritually kind person that is previously show in the abstract definition.
Howard Gardner’s theory contains eight main multiple intelligence. As the years have progressed there have taken one out and is left with the main seven. These seven are: Linguistic, Mathematical, Spatial, bodily, Musical, Interpersonal, and Intrapersonal. These are found in everyone; however, each person will excel in one or two. Once teachers can determine what intelligence the students will exceed on and teach to their strengths the student will learn much more.
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.
Public Opinion and Polling Americans are showing signs of disaffection with a presidential campaign that is just beginning. The public thinks the press and large campaign contributors are. having too much influence on who gets nominated. and a 60% majority thinks voters themselves have too. little say.
Intelligence means having or showing intelligence, especially of a high level. Charlie is a thirty-seven-year-old man who was given an opportunity to increase his intelligence from an IQ of sixty-two to two hundred. A science fiction short story, “Flowers for Algernon” by Daniel Keyes, was about a man named Charlie who had an operation to improve his intelligence and why it was necessary for him to have the surgery. Charlie, before the operation, could not understand other people. After the operation, he became closer to the characters in his journal, and he was also able to use his skills and intelligence. The operation affected Charlie in many ways because he use to misunderstand others when he was spoken
“Say Yes” is a short story written by author Tobias Wolff. It was written in 1985, and deals with issue related with interracial marriage. He was born in 1945 in Birmingham, Alabama, where race issues were constant until the 1990s. In the story, a man and his wife get into an argument over the acceptability of interracial marriage. Although the woman in this story thinks interracial marriages are completely fine, her husband completely disagrees. This sparks a fight between the couple, especially when the husband says that if his wife were black, he wouldn 't have married her. Tobias Wolff wrote this short story so he could I am going to analyze the short stories social commentary and respond to it.
Most researchers believe that we are born with a certain intelligence or potential intelligence. They also believe that the intelligence we are born with is difficult to change. Psychologists use short-answer tests to assess one’s intelligence (Gardner papers). It was believed that intelligence was a single inherited thing. Human beings start out initially as a blank slate and could be trained to learn anything, provided that it was presented in an appropriate way (Multiple Intelligences and Education). Currently an “increasing number of researchers believe the opposite. Gardner defined intelligence as: “the ability to create an effective product or offer a service that is valued in culture; a set ...
Freeman in his article What is Intelligence?, “the designers of mental tests have frequently said that it is not only unnecessary, but probably futile to raise the question which is the subject of this article, and that the answer would be no use if we could find it.” It can be agreed that intelligence is, but not agreed what it is. However, we do not need to know the nature of intelligence in order to measure it. One of my favorite theories is that of multiple intelligences. These intelligences can include; musical-rhythmic, visual-spatial, verbal-linguistic, logical-mathematical, bodily-kinesthetic, interpersonal, interpersonal, naturalistic, and existential. What is strong about this theory is its lack of expansion of the definition of intelligence. It denies to agree with the way intelligence has been understood in the past. Intelligence is more than just ability or aptitude, and Intelligence is distinguishable from
Dictionaries add still more definitions: Funk & Wagnall’s defines intelligence as “The faculty of perceiving and comprehending meaning; mental quickness; active intellect; understanding” , while Webster’s defines it as “the ability to learn or understand or to deal with new or trying situations; the skilled use of reason.” While some of these definitions are similar, none of them are exactly the same.
Intelligence by definition is “the ability to acquire and apply knowledge and skills” (Oxford Dictionary, 2014). However, many psychologists argue that there is no standard definition of ‘intelligence’, and there have been many different theories over time as psychologists try to find better ways to define this concept (Boundless 2013). While some believe in a single, general intelligence, others believe that intelligence involves multiple abilities and skills. Another largely debated concept is whether intelligence is genetically determined and fixed, or whether is it open to change, through learning and environmental influence. This is commonly known as the nature vs. nurture debate.
In closing, implementing only one theory of learning can be limiting to the success of students in a classroom setting. A more effective approach would be “draw from two or more theoretical perspectives… to better capture the complex nature of human thinking and learning” (Ormrod, 2012). According to Howard Gardner, there are multiple intelligences in human individuals that are based on biological and cultural elements (Brualdi, 1996). Since each of the intelligences work independently of each other, but also complement each other individuals learn, teachers should teach accordingly (Brualdi, 1996).
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.