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Although, Gardner seemed to be somewhat correct with his theory of multiple intelligences, some critics have argued against it. Critics say that Gardner’s model is vague and difficult to test. There could also be many other types of intelligences like “humor” or “romantic.” Intelligence is a big topic in psychology that has greatly expanded over the
Gardner’s Eight Frames of Mind is just one of the many theories that relates to intelligence. In his theory Howard Gardner describes Eight Frames of Mind or “intelligences” which are as follows: Verbal, Mathematical, Spatial, Bodily-kinesthetic, Musical, Interpersonal, Intrapersonal, Naturalist. Verbal intelligence refers to spoken words and language. People with this type of intelligence are good and effectively communicate with words.
Gardner (1999) further goes on to state that "good" schools encourage "the cultivation and elaboration of multiple intelligences" (pg 91). The schools also need to be willing to change in aspects such as the overall vision, requirements, and the understanding of subjects. However, he does leave certain aspects of schooling open to preference according to what would work best for individuals, the community, and the culture. Gardner outlines what needs to be done in order to have prepared, caring professionals and communities of learning to achieve teaching for
Gardner wants a practical test that can help students find their strengths and weaknesses in all seven intelligences and explore their strengths so that students will be better knowledgeable about their future
Over the years, I've seen highly intellectual peers make no effort since they consider their intellect constitutes all that is needed, only to fail in the end. Gardner believes "Intelligence, from this point of view, is a general ability that is found in varying degrees in all individuals." (The Theory of Multiple Intelligences Page 560.) Gardner goes on to explain that there are seven different categories of intelligence later in the chapter. Linguistic and logical-mathematical intelligence are frequently valued in schools, yet they are not required for a
Gardner (1983) points out the bias that solely focusing on one kind of intelligence can cause, and this bias can be particularly harmful for students with disabilities, who often do not fit what many people consider “normal” intelligence. Thus, he created a brain-based theory of intelligence that postulated multiple kinds of intelligences, which makes it almost an inherently strengths-based theory and
(Simmonds, 2014) Yet, implementing differentiated instruction for every pupil remains difficult. (Burton, 2003; Ruys, Defruyt, Rots, & Aelterman, 2013). According to this paper, the root of the issue is the teacher’s education. However, we strongly believe this difficulty arises from the fact that information regarding this subject is not widespread or easily
Developmental theorists have come up with many theories that are still used today in teaching. Each one of the theorists wanted to benefit society by helping develop the children to grow into a strong force in the future. One of the theorists, Howard Gardner, came up with an amazing theory that applies today. His theory stated there are eight different ways people show they are intelligent, the types of intelligence are linguistic intelligence, logical- mathematical intelligence, spatial intelligence, bodily- kinesthetic intelligence, musical intelligence, interpersonal intelligence, intrapersonal intelligence and naturalist intelligence.
Disadvantages/weaknesses of Howard Gardner’s theory: 1. Doesn’t explain why some individuals are more intelligent than others. 2. Controversy over whether the seven specific types of intelligences are actually intelligences or whether they are abilities (such as musical, body-kinesthetic, interpersonal and intrapersonal).
The measurement of intelligence is a debate that has endured through much of man’s time on Earth. Certainly, there are a variety of opinions regarding even the most specific metrics, one of which is academically-based testing. Testing intelligence now has become multidimensional in schools, migrating from a strictly test based system to an interactive platform where students are guided through project based learning, comprehensively assessing intelligence and capability. Lately, kids have not been getting the same message that adults got in the past.
Piaget’s concrete operational period stage is for seven to eleven year olds, but I have seen the kindergarteners easily classify objects into categories, which is a characteristic of that stage. I observed this when the children had to circle the lowercase letter and underline the uppercase letters. The majority of the class had no problem sorting the letters. I witness Gardner’s linguistic intelligence when the kindergarteners read at the orange read-to-self center and write at the green work-on-writing center. Gardner’s multiple intelligences theory also includes the musical intelligence.
The following essay will approach the workplace philosophies of Howard Gardner and Mike Rose and attempt to apply them to real-world work-related problems and situations. First, before proceeding any further, it is necessary to provide a brief overview of the basic. Gardner, in his book Five Minds for the Future, identifies five mind that people can apply to their jobs and their work environments: the disciplinary mind, the synthesizing mind, the creating mind, the respectful mind, and the ethical mind (Gardner 3). For the creating mind, as Mike Rose redefines the intelligence in his book The Mind at Work, he believes the blue-collar workers are as creative as other white-collars. Besides the creative mind related to the physical workers, Mike
Likewise, the Multiple Intelligence (MI) theory is also a very useful model for developing any systematic approach for nurturing and training learners and respecting their individual needs and strengths within a classroom setting. According to Emmer and Evertson (2009) multiple intelligence aids teachers in easily creating more personalized and diversified instructional experiences. It offers the teachers to help students become empowered by extending and promoting cognitive bridging techniques based on the seven intelligences, by fostering in them a deep metacognitive understanding and advancing suggestions for a broad array of skills and techniques to deal with different types of learners. This theory is summarized by Howard Gardner in his book Frames of Mind (2006) namely: Linguistcs, Logical Mathematical, Spatial, Musical, Bodily Kinesthetic, Interpersonal, and Intrapersonal. Using these techniques can help create ‘instructional bridges’ into difficult concepts.
According to Tomlinson (2004), Differentiated instruction is “a philosophy of teaching that
