THE THEORY OF MULTIPLE INTELLIGENCES

HOWARD GARDNER

LAURA FERNÁNDEZPALOMA GARCÍAMARISOL GARCÍA ALICIA LABRADOR

INDEX

INTRODUCTION

HOWARD GARDNER

DEFINITIONS AND EXAMPLES

SYNTHESIS

ACTIVITY

INTRODUCTION

The theory of the intelligences is a model

created by Howard Gardner.

Gardner is a neuropsychology and teacher of the Universities of Harvard and Boston.

INTRODUCTION

For Gardner each intelligence has its own importance.

Our school system gives more

importance to linguistic intelligence

and logical – mathematical

intelligence.

INTRODUCTION

In 1987, Gardner defines intelligence as a capacity.

Capabilities become skills and can develop.

He doesn’t deny the genetic component.

HOWARD GARDNER

Doctorate on Social Psychology at the University of Harvard,1971.

His investigation was focused on the cognitive capacities of the human.

THEORY OF THE MULTIPLE INTELLIGENCES

It doesn´t exist an only intelligence;

the human has eight cognitive skills.

Pennsylvania, the United States, 1943

HOWARD GARDNER

Codirector and president of the Project Zero (High school of Education of Harvard) .

He has written 25 books and about 450 articles.

He has been a prizewinner with 26 “honoris causa” doctorates.

An other related awards:

Award Prince of Asturias of Social Sciences 2011.

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Pennsylvania, the United States, 1943

DEFINITIONS

Howard Gardner (the USA, 1983): the aptitude to solve problems or to prepare

products.

INTELLIGENCE

DEFINITIONS

Aptitude to use and to think about words. The capacity to use the language to express

and appreciate complex meanings.

LANGUAGE

The most important thing for the communication.

LINGUISTIC INTELLIGENCE

DEFINITIONS

ACTIVITY EXAMPLE: “Invent your story”

1.We will have a series of cards prepared with drawings.

2.We will tell them that they will have to invent a small story.

3.Every child will stand up of his place and he will tell his story to the rest of his partners.

LINGUISTIC INTELLIGENCE

DEFINITIONS

Capacity to use the logic, the numbers, the calculation, the quantification and consider propositions and hypotheses with a good reasoning.

The recognition and the resolution of

problems.

LOGICAL-MATHEMATICAL INTELLIGENCE

DEFINITIONS

ACTIVITY EXAMPLE: “The bus”

1. We will tell the pupils, that one of them will be the driver of the bus and that some of them will be the passengers.

2. We will be telling the following story.

LOGICAL-MATEMATICHAL INTELLIGENCE

DEFINITIONS

Skill of perceiving the world in three-dimensional images.

SENSIBILITYCOLOUR

LINES

SPACE

FORM

RELATIONS

SPATIAL INTELLIGENCE

DEFINITIONS

Include the mental imagery capacity: Spatial reasoning. Image manipulation. Graphic. Artistic skills. Active imagination.

SPATIAL INTELLIGENCE

DEFINITIONS

ACTIVITY EXAMPLE:

We will raise a debate about the family, asking how they are.

We will ask them to draw their family.We will value the drawings

that have more details.

SPATIAL INTELLIGENCE

DEFINITIONS

Aptitude to value, to discriminate, to turn and to express the musical forms, as well as to be sensitive to the rhythm, to the tone and to the stamp.

It includes the thought of sound

terms and melodies.

MUSICAL INTELLIGENCE

DEFINITIONS

ACTIVITY EXAMPLE:

We will teach to the children “the abc song” so that they all have the same

rhythm, intonation and time having the same melody.

MUSICAL INTELLIGENCE

DEFINITIONS

Domain own body skillfully to express ideas and feelings.

Facility to prepar and

transform objects.

KINESTHETIC-BODY INTELLIGENCE

DEFINITIONS

ACTIVITY EXAMPLE:

The teacher teaches to the children a

typical dance of Canary Day.

KINESTHETIC-BODY INTELLIGENCE

DEFINITIONS

It is the intelligence that allows us to understand others.

Ability to perceive and distinguish different moods.

INTERPERSONAL INTELLIGENCE

DEFINITIONS

ACTIVITY EXAMPLE:

Each child is introduced by his classmate.

They say their name and their favorite

game.

INTERPERSONAL INTELLIGENCE

DEFINITIONS

Self-knowledge and ability to access to the own feelings.

INVOLVES

Know the one-self´s internal aspects:

Moods

Motivations

Intentions

Strengths

Limitations

INTRAPERSONAL INTELLIGENCE

DEFINITIONS

ACTIVITY EXAMPLE:

Moments with individual or reflexive work Drawings about what he's been

working. Relaxed moment.

INTRAPERSONAL INTELLIGENCE

DEFINITIONS

Ability to recognize and classify many species

INCLUDES: Sensitivity to atmospheric

phenomena Interest for research in the

natural environment…

NATURALISTIC INTELLIGENCE

DEFINITIONS

ACTIVITY EXAMPLE:

1. To ask the children about the animals

and plants they know.

2. Talking about animals or plants outside Tenerife.3. To take pictures of animals and plants.4. Create a poster with them.

We have to observe students that have more prior knowledge of the subject, and assess

the interest and participation of each of them.

NATURALISTIC INTELLIGENCE

SYNTHESIS

A good way to identify the most developed intelligences in students is to observe which is their disruptive behavior.

Students transmit that they want be tough from his more natural learning channel, and if they don’t received that kind of education, they look for that route of knowledge anyhow.

ACTIVITY

“THE SPIDERWEB”

DEVELOP: interpersonal intelligence. AGE: 5 years old. PLACE: in classroom. MOMENT: course start.