Using Howard Garden’s theory of multiple intelligences in education requires teachers to use different methodologies, exercises and activities that will benefit students of all intelligences, not just those that excel in linguistic and logical intelligence. Gardner believes that students will be better served by a broader vision of education.
Students learn in different ways, so creating a five step plan will need to be done on a class specific level. Try to find out how each of your students fits into Howard Gardner’s theory of multiple intelligences and see how many of the eight modalities can be found in your class. Once you know which specific modalities you have within your class, you will then be able to create a five-step action plan that incorporates the different learning styles necessary for your students. Be careful that you do not focus on the most common intelligence modality, in order for the theory to be most effective, you will have to use activities that address the different learning styles equally.
Gardner’s theory of multiple intelligence differentiates intelligence into various specific modalities rather than considering it as one dominant general ability. Howard Gardner argues that there are a wide variety of cognitive abilities, which are only weakly correlated with one another, but the close correlations between aspects of intelligence are generally measured by IQ or psychometric tests. He has articulated, to date, that there are eight basic types of intelligence.
Gardner has suggested that this is not a complete list. The theory’s eight currently accepted intelligences are spatial, linguistic, logical-mathematical, bodily-kinaesthetic, interpersonal, intrapersonal, naturalistic and musical. These eight intelligences are accepted based upon the following criteria; its place in evolutionary history, the presence of core operations, susceptibility to encoding (symbolic expression), a distinct developmental progression, the potential for brain isolation by brain damage, the existence of savants, prodigies and other exceptional people and support from experimental psychology and psychometric findings.
Students learn in different ways, so creating a five step plan will need to be done on a class specific level. Try to find out how each of your students fits into Howard Gardner’s theory of multiple intelligences and see how many of the eight modalities can be found in your class. Once you know which specific modalities you have within your class, you will then be able to create a five-step action plan that incorporates the different learning styles necessary for your students. Be careful that you do not focus on the most common intelligence modality, in order for the theory to be most effective, you will have to use activities that address the different learning styles equally.
Gardner’s theory of multiple intelligence differentiates intelligence into various specific modalities rather than considering it as one dominant general ability. Howard Gardner argues that there are a wide variety of cognitive abilities, which are only weakly correlated with one another, but the close correlations between aspects of intelligence are generally measured by IQ or psychometric tests. He has articulated, to date, that there are eight basic types of intelligence.
Gardner has suggested that this is not a complete list. The theory’s eight currently accepted intelligences are spatial, linguistic, logical-mathematical, bodily-kinaesthetic, interpersonal, intrapersonal, naturalistic and musical. These eight intelligences are accepted based upon the following criteria; its place in evolutionary history, the presence of core operations, susceptibility to encoding (symbolic expression), a distinct developmental progression, the potential for brain isolation by brain damage, the existence of savants, prodigies and other exceptional people and support from experimental psychology and psychometric findings.
