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Multiple Intelligences
Intelligence: A biopsychological
potential to process information
that can be activated in a cultural
setting to solve problems or
create products that are of value
in a culture.
Intelligence Reframed,
Howard Gardner, 1999
Intelligence Criterion
1. The potential of isolation by brain damage.
2. An evolutionary history and evolutionary
plausibility.
3. An identifiable core operation or set of
operations.
4. Susceptibility to encoding in a symbol system.
5. A distinct developmental history, along with a
definable set of expert “end-state” performances.
6. The existence of idiot savants, prodigies, and
other exceptional people.
7. Support from experimental psychological tasks.
8. Support from psychometric findings.
8 ½ Intelligences
1. Word: Linguistic intelligence
2. Logic: Logical-mathematical intelligence
3. Music: Musical intelligence
4. Picture: Spatial intelligence
5. Body: Bodily kinesthetic intelligence
6. People: Interpersonal intelligence
7. Self: Intrapersonal intelligence
8. Nature: Naturalist intelligence
9. Spiritual: Spiritual intelligence
10. Existential: Existential intelligence
Linguistic
Intelligence
What: Sensitivity to spoken or written
language; the ability to learn languages;
and the capacity to use languages to
accomplish certain goals.
Who: Lawyers, speakers, writers, poets.
Teaching: Narrational entry point;
analogies; representation of core features
through a number of symbol systems,
schemas, frames, and intelligences.
Logicalmathematical
Intelligence
What: The capacity to analyze problems
logically; carry out mathematical operations; and
investigate issues scientifically.
Who: Mathematicians, logicians, and scientists.
Teaching: Quantitative/numerical entry point;
analogies; representation of core features
through a number of symbol systems, schemas,
frames, and intelligences.
Musical
Intelligence
What: Skill in the performance, composition,
and appreciation of musical patterns.
Who: Musicians, composers, and conductors.
Teaching: ___________ entry point; analogies;
representation of core features through a number
of symbol systems, schemas, frames, and
intelligences.
Spatial Intelligence
What: The potential to recognize and
manipulate the patterns of wide space as
well as the patterns of more confined
areas.
Who: Navigators, pilots, sculptors,
surgeons, chess players, and architects.
Teaching: _________ entry point;
analogies; representation of core features
through a number of symbol systems,
schemas, frames, and intelligences.
Bodily Kinesthetic
Intelligence
What: The potential of using one’s
whole body or parts of the body to solve
problems or fashion products.
Who: Dancers, actors, and atheletes.
Teaching: _________ entry point;
analogies; representation of core features
through a number of symbol systems,
schemas, frames, and intelligences.
Interpersonal
Intelligence
What: Capacity to understand the intentions,
motivations, and desires of other people, and
consequently to work effectively with others.
Who: Salespeople, teachers, clinicians,
religious and political leaders, and actors.
Teaching: _________ entry point; analogies;
representation of core features through a
number of symbol systems, schemas, frames,
and intelligences.
Intrapersonal
Intelligence
What: Capacity to understand oneself and use
this understanding to make effective life-course
decisions .
Who: Effective leaders.
Teaching: __________ entry point; analogies;
representation of core features through a number
of symbol systems, schemas, frames, and
intelligences.
Naturalist Intelligence
What: Expertise in the recognition and
classification of the numerous species;
recognition of patterns in culture or the
environment.
Who: Naturalists, hunter-gatherers,
gardeners, sociologists, and artists.
Teaching: _________ entry point;
analogies; representation of core
features through a number of symbol
systems, schemas, frames, and
intelligences.
Intelligence
What: The ability to understand cosmic issues; the
ability to achieve an altered state of being; and
possessing an affective (charismatic) personality.
Who: Dynamic leaders, mystics, yogis, and religious,
Teaching: ________ entry point; analogies;
representation of core features through a number of
symbol systems, schemas, frames, and intelligences.
Intelligence
What: The capacity to locate oneself with respect to
the furthest reaches of the cosmos, existential features
of the human condition, and profound human
experiences.
Who: Transcendentalists, philosophers, and shamans.
Teaching: ___________ entry point; analogies;
representation of core features through a number of
symbol systems, schemas, frames, and intelligences.
My Philosophy
• Every person
is valuable.
• Every person
is intelligent.
• Success is
achieved by
recognizing your
intelligence and
then applying
your intelligence
in your life.