Multiple Intelligences Howard Gardner

1. Multiple IntelligencesHowardGardner 2012/2013 Psychology ofbehaviouratwork Harcubová Martina Hrušková Nikola Kundeliusová Petra

2. Content • Theory of multiple intelligences • MI • Practical application of the theory of multiple intelligences • Common Good Uses • 8 Different waysto learning • Sources

3. Theory of multiple intelligences • Theory by HowardGardner • developed in late 1970's and early 1980's • probablythebestknowntheoryofpluralisticintelligences (Thorndike, Thurstone, Guilford, Stenberg…) • criticism from both psychologists and educators • too broad • his eight different "intelligences" represent talents, personality traits and abilities • a lack of empirical research „An intelligence is the ability to solve problems, or to create products, that are valued within one or more cultural settings“ Gardner

4. MI • we are allborn with the potential for these intelligences developmentofthispotentialthroughwholelife • independent on the age but depends on stimuli received • not just one type and level of intelligence • no type of intelligence is intrinsically right or wrong • identification of special knowledge

6. Practicalapplication ofthe theory of multiple intelligences • IN THE WORKPLACE • managers, training staff, and human resource specialist • indicates behavioural and working styles, strength(the possibility to develop their weaknesses) • in the job creation and staffing, career development and counseling processes (testing, assessment) more productive, more creative, and more human place greater profitability for the company and staff satisfaction

7. Practical application of the theory of multiple intelligences B) IN THE EDUCATION • Lesson Design • Student Projects • Misuses Educationalimplications of MI theory: • Individuation - understanding of the intellectual profiles of individual learners • Pluralization - important ideas, topics, theories and skills ought to be taught in more than one way ->activation ofthe multiple intelligences

8. Common Good Uses (from Gardner himself) • The cultivation of desired capabilities • Approaching a concept, subject matter, discipline in a variety of ways • The personalization of education. • HELP TO • satisfy the educational needs of many more students • understandingthe different possibilities of each students’ learning preference • stimulate a student’s learning in new ways

9. 8 Different pathWays to learning • words (linguistic intelligence) • numbers or logic (logical-mathematical intelligence) • pictures (spatial intelligence) • music (musical intelligence) • self-reflection (intrapersonal intelligence) • a physical experience (bodily-kinesthetic intelligence) • a social experience (interpersonal intelligence), and/or • an experience in the natural world (naturalist intelligence)

10. Try to Test your intelligence and find your strengths! http://www.literacyworks.org/mi/assessment/findyourstrengths.html

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12. Sources • Kerka, Sandra. 1999. Multiple Intelligences and Career Development, Trends and Issues Alert 8 [online] November 11, 2012 [Cited: http://www.calpro-online.org/eric/textonly/docgen.asp?tbl=tia&ID=130]Gardner, Howard E. 1993. Multiple Intelligences: New Horizons in Theory and Practice. 1st edition. Basic books. ISBN: 978-0-465-04768-0Joyce Martin.  2001. Profiting from Multiple Intelligences in the Workplace. Wales: Crown House Publishing Ltd.  [online] November 11, 2012 [Cited:http://www.inlpa.org/index.cfm?CFID=37067&CFTOKEN=85524501&a=10095] • Gardner, Howard. 2011. The theory of Multiple Intelligences: As Psychology, As Education, As Social Science. [online] November 11, 2012 [Cited: http://howardgardner01.files.wordpress.com/2012/06/473-madrid-oct-22-2011.pdf] • Gardner, Howard. Davis, Katie. Christodoulou, Joanna. Seider, Scott.. The theory of Multiple Intelligence  [online] November 11, 2012 [Cited: http://howardgardner01.files.wordpress.com/2012/06/443-davis-christodoulou-seider-mi-article.pdf]