...RUNNING HEAD: HOWARD GARDNER’S MULTIPLE INTELLIGENCES 1 Howard Gardner: Human Development and Education “Thinking about Thinking” University of St. Thomas School of Education Counselor Education Cohort Program Submitted by: Carolyn Assaad, B.A. School Counseling Candidate Submitted to: Dr. Roman Alvarez, LPC-S, NCC, ACS, LMFT, LSOTP, FAPA, MTAPA Summer I, 2012 RUNNING HEAD: HOWARD GARDNER’S MULTIPLE INTELLIGENCES 2 Abstract This paper explores the following: 1) discusses Howard Gardner’s philosophy of education and background; 2) discusses qualities that make him an educational leader including the relevance of his work; 3) examines his theory of multiple intelligences and its relevance in education; 4) addresses pros and cons of his theory and 5) discusses the influence he has had on education in the United States. Implications for current issues in education and counseling are addressed with regards to the theory presented. RUNNING HEAD: HOWARD GARDNER’S MULTIPLE INTELLIGENCES 3 Background and Philosophy In the 1960’s Howard Gardner was a graduate student in Psychology at Harvard University. He was trained as a developmental psychologist so he was concerned with the nature of human organisms and the stages and laws of cognition as well as the stages of moral judgment and aesthetic evaluation. He had the opportunity to study under individuals such as psychoanalyst...
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...behavior analysis (ABA) is a science that involves using modern behavioral learning theory to modify behaviors. Behavior analysts reject the use of hypothetical constructs[1] and focus on the observable relationship of behavior to the environment. By functionally assessing the relationship between a targeted behavior and the environment, the methods of ABA can be used to change that behavior. Research in applied behavior analysis ranges from behavioral intervention methods to basic research which investigates the rules by which humans adapt and maintain behavior. A daydream is a visionary fantasy, especially one of happy, pleasant thoughts, hopes or ambitions, imagined as coming to pass, and experienced while awake.[1] There are many types of daydreams, and there is no consistent definition amongst psychologists.[1] The general public also uses the term for a broad variety of experiences. Research by Harvard psychologist Deirdre Barrett has found that people who experience vivid dream-like mental images reserve the word for these, whereas many other people refer to milder imagery, realistic future planning, review of past memories or just "spacing out"--i.e. one's mind going relatively blank—when they talk about "daydreaming."[2] Habits (or wonts) are routines of behavior that are repeated regularly and tend to occur subconsciously.[1][2][3] Habitual behavior often goes unnoticed in persons exhibiting it, because a person does not need to engage in self-analysis when undertaking...
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...INTELLIGENCES? | |The topic that I have chosen is Gardner’s theory of multiple intelligences. The theory of multiple intelligences was proposed by Howard Gardner in 1983 as a model of intelligence that differentiates intelligence in to various specific modalities, rather than seeing it as dominated by a single general ability. Gardner argues that there is a wide range of cognitive abilities, and that there are only very weak correlations among them. For example, the theory predicts that a child who learns to multiply easily is not necessarily generally more intelligent than a child who has more difficulty on this task. They may best learn to multiply through a different approach, and may excel in a field outside of mathematics, or may even be looking at and understanding the multiplication process at a fundamentally deeper level, or perhaps as an entirely different process. Gardner, Howard (1993) It is vital to realize that a student’s capability can’t solely be judged according to the student’s academic performance. It is the duty of educators, parents, and others who work with the youth in our schools to understand that a student’s capability should be based upon their individual learning style. This learning style is affected and determined by many factors in a student’s life; one of them however, is the unique and individual make-up of one’s brain. For this reason, many educators have looked to Howard Gardner’s Theory of Multiple Intelligences to help them meet the individual...
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...ARE THERE MULTIPLE INTELLIGENCES DANA CHATMAN Student #21838383 Submitted for SSC130BB: Essentials Psychology August 25, 2013 Research project #05020500 Introduction: I have chosen to discuss about in this paper is the impact of different learning style with” multiple intelligences”. In the article, "The Foundations of the Theory of Multiple Intelligences", by Thomas Armstrong, he explains the creation of multiple intelligence theory. The first intelligence test (or IQ) was established by (Alfred Binet, a French psychologist, in relevance for failing students to succeed in college. After eighty years had passed another psychologist, Howard Gardner, begin to debate the thoughts and perceptions of Alfred Binet and redefine the intelligence test into seven specific areas of life. Linguistic, logical-mathematical, spatial, bodily-kinesthetic, musical, interpersonal, and intrapersonal were the seven main views of the IQ test that test the level of understanding for each person. In addition to this, all of these seven areas were not meant for everybody to excel in or to understand. Intelligences were sometimes used together to complete one task such as washing clothes. First you have to a visual amount of clothes that can fit into the washer and use a certain amount of muscle to lift the clothes and also measure out the exact amount of liquid needed to clean all of the clothes. In one way or another, everybody has the seven intelligences but may have their own levels...
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...Multiple Intelligences Theory| Assessment Scale|Naïve(1)|Novice (2)|Satisfactory (3)|Good(4-5)|Mark| Presentation (incl structure of report) (5 marks)· Clear introduction, appropriate structure, readability· Presentation quality and attention to detail|||||5| Content (12 marks): research and conceptual understanding - using Blooms rubric below() · Identifies key elements of topic (2)· Critical (evidence based) analysis of elements of theory (6)· Appropriate selection of literature (3)· Correct referencing style (2)|||||10| Reflective process – add text below (3 marks) · Critically examine the study process (see below)|||||3| Reflections – students add details in shaded sections below: 1. Identify the process that you undertook to answer the topic: My process includes viewing Howard Gardner’s discussion to find out key points, searching literature to have a clear awareness about the question and Gardner’s points, applying these points to organizational activities, especially educational institutions and evaluating whether these points are appropriate| 2. What (if anything) would you do differently? Nothing| 3. What is the key issue in the topic you selected? The key issue in my paper is implementing the Multiple Intelligences Theory in educational issue.| 4. What (if anything) else did you need to know to answer the question more fully? The Multiple Intelligences Theory focuses on effects to educational institutions, however, the link between the theory and other types of...
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...Gardner Intelligence Howard Gardner came up with a theory of multiple intelligences. The intelligences that he came up with include linguistic, musical, logical-mathematical, naturalist, spatial, bodily-kinesthetic, intrapersonal, and interpersonal. According to this theory, "we are all able to know the world through language, logical-mathematical analysis, spatial representation, musical thinking, the use of the body to solve problems or to make things, an understanding of other individuals, and an understanding of ourselves. Where individuals differ is in the strength of these intelligences - the so-called profile of intelligences -and in the ways in which such intelligences are invoked and combined to carry out different tasks, solve diverse problems, and progress in various domains" (Lane, 2011). In this paper the writer will pick three of the intelligences and explain how each can have an impact on your personal success. Howard Gardner Theory Howard Gardner is a developmental psychologist who developed the theory of multiple intelligences, a theory that suggest that contrary to popular belief, intelligence is actually measured on numerous levels. His theory suggests that although society believes that there is a general intelligence there are in fact multiple intelligences. In other words, a person may be knowledgeable at one thing yet lack experience and expertise in other areas. For instance, a mechanic may have the ability to repair a blown engine yet not know how to...
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...Gardner's Theory of Multiple Intelligence Introduction to Psychology Gardner's Theory of Multiple Intelligence Intelligence cannot be seen, it has no mass, and it occupies no space. Nevertheless, we feel certain that it exists (Introduction to Psychology, 2007). Psychologist Alfred Binet, who was busy creating tests to rate child intelligence, was passionate about testing and measuring human capabilities. His understanding of intelligence evolved through intense trial-and-error testing with local students. Working with groups of average students as well as mentally handicapped students, Binet discovered certain tasks that average students could handle but that handicapped students could not. He calculated the normal abilities for students at each age, and could pinpoint how many years a student's mental age was above or below the norm. Binet equated intelligence with common sense. He called intelligence "judgment…good sense…the faculty of adapting one's self to circumstances." He also believed that intelligence is a combination of many skills - skills that are shaped heavily by the environment (Intelligence and Achievement Testing: Is the Half Full Glass Getting Fuller). In 1983, Howard Gardner argued that "reason, intelligence, logic and knowledge are not synonymous...", setting forth a theory of multiple intelligences. The concept of multiple intelligences helped broaden the idea of "intelligence" from a mathematical and verbal understanding, which had become...
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...produce their own thoughts. There are many other abilities that could be listed, but they would all be abilities allowing a person to learn about, learn from, understand, and interact with one's own environment. Environment includes a person’s immediate surroundings such as one's family, the workplace, or a classroom. Intelligence is one of the most talked about subjects within psychology. There is no one definition of what exactly intelligence is. Some researchers have suggested that intelligence is a single ability, while others believe that intelligence is a range of skills and abilities. Howard Gardner's Theory Let's look at Howard Gardner's theory of multiple intelligences. Gardner did not focus on analyzing test scores, instead he proposed that numerical expressions of human intelligence was not a full and accurate depiction of people's abilities. Gardner's theory describes eight intelligences that are based on skills and abilities. The eight are: Visual-spatial Intelligence, Verbal-linguistic Intelligence, Bodily-kinesthetic Intelligence, Logical-mathematical Intelligence, Interpersonal Intelligence, Musical Intelligence, Intra personal Intelligence, and Naturalistic Intelligence. Visual-Spatial Intelligence (“Picture Smart”)...
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...Multiple Intelligences Theory: alvin almonte "It's not how smart you are that matters, what really counts is how you are smart." ~ Howard Gardner Have you ever sat in a class where you thought to yourself how much more you would get out of it if the teacher would incorporate something visual along with his/her lecture? Is the instructor aware that you may learn more effectively by looking at visuals rather than simply listening to him/her lecture for an hour? Or maybe it would help if you could physically create something in order to understand the subject that was being discussed? What is your primary intelligence? Let's find out: (click here). How can the knowledge of your personal learning style help you to become more knowledgeable? Can you utilize this knowledge both in and out of the classroom? Whatever your personal learning style is, chances are that it is part of Howard Gardner's Multiple Intelligences Theory. Howard Gardner, Ph.D is the founding father of the Multiple Intelligences Theory. Formerly a Senior Co-Director of Harvard University's Project Zero, Howard Gardner's proposed his theory of multiple intelligences in his 1983 book, Frames of Mind. Project Zero, established at Harvard University's Graduate School of Education in 1967, continues to "help create communities of reflective, self-directed learners, to encourage the pursuit of deep understanding within and across disciplines, and to promote critical and creative thinking" (9). Gardner's...
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...MUTIPLE INTELLIGENCE 2 Multiple Intelligence In the following paper I will attempt to explain a few of the theories that Howard Gardner and other researchers’ have concluded, I will begin first by describing the meaning of Multiple Intelligence, which are theories that tell how the brain works, it states that human beings are born with a single intelligence that cannot be changed, and is measurable, by a psychologist (Kowalski, R., & Westen, D. (2011). Howard Earl Gardner (born July 11, 1943 in Scranton, Pennsylvania) is an American developmental psychologist who is John H. and Elisabeth A. Hobbs Professor of Cognition and Education at Harvard Graduate School of Education at Harvard University(Garnder, “A rounded Version: The Theory of Multiple Intelligences.). Howard Gardener’s theory of multiple intelligences emerged in 1983 in the form of a book titled Frames of Mind; the Theory of Multiple Intelligences consisted of eight different intelligences in humans. Most intelligence tests nowadays test only one or two intelligences, usually language and logic. Six others according to Gardner are musical, spatial, bodily-kinesthetic, interpersonal, intrapersonal, and naturalist. I think that knowing this information would educate the children of the future, which then will help reduce racial, ethnic, and cultural differences and that “both...
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...intelligences that is high in spatial intelligence but moderate or low in interpersonal intelligence or vice versa (Davis, Christodoulou, Seider & Gardner, 2012, p.3). According to this, the purpose of this essay is to identify and to describe the eight intelligences proposed by Howard Gardner and explain the significance to enhance them in children. The multiple intelligences (MI) theory was developed in 1983 by Howard Gardner, who is a Harvard University psychologist and professor of education and cognition. He provided in this hypothesis a wide range of abilities that humans use into eight different categories that the author called “intelligences”; these are described as linguistic, logical-mathematical, spatial, musical, bodily-kinesthetic, naturalistic, interpersonal and intrapersonal. (Davis, Christodoulou, Seider & Gardner, 2012). However, according to his analysis, only two of these intelligences –logical mathematical and linguistic- are used in the schools; but if the majority of people have been educated following the traditional method why introduce the idea to implement a new style of learning? Well, the principal argument to answer this question is no one, even identical twins can exhibit the same strengths and weaknesses. (Davis, Christodoulou, Seider & Gardner, 2012). The main purpose of MI theory in schools is to engage...
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...of how children's minds work and develop has been enormously influential, particularly in educational theory. His particular insight was the role of maturation (simply growing up) in children's increasing capacity to understand their world: they cannot undertake certain tasks until they are psychologically mature enough to do so. His research has spawned a great deal more, much of which has undermined the detail of his own, but like many other original investigators, his importance comes from his overall vision. He proposed that children's thinking does not develop entirely smoothly: instead, there are certain points at which it "takes off" and moves into completely new areas and capabilities. He saw these transitions as taking place at about 18 months, 7 years and 11 or 12 years. This has been taken to mean that before these ages children are not capable (no matter how bright) of understanding things in certain ways, and has been used as the basis for scheduling the school curriculum. Whether or not should be the case is a different matter. Piaget's stage theory describes the cognitive development of children. Cognitive development involves changes in cognitive process and abilities. In Piaget's view, early cognitive development involves processes based upon actions and later progresses into changes in mental operations. Main Elements of Piaget’s Cognitive Development Theory 1. Schema 2. The four processes that enable the transition from one stage to another 3. The...
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...psychology. Even though many theories of intelligence have been achieved scientist still disagree on this complex phenomenon. Since individuals diverge in their ability to understand, to learn from past experiences, to overcome impediments, and to adapt to their environment it is difficult to grasp the true understanding of the human intelligence. With the complexity of the human brain scientist continue to debate on its intelligence. When the word intelligence is discussed, the idea of IQ testing usually follows close behind. Intelligence is frequently identified as a person’s intellectual abilities. Plainly put, intelligence is the capability to understand, learn, and interact with the surroundings and environment. Scientist use standardized test to establish a level of intelligence rating by measuring a person’s ability to shape concepts, resolve problems, obtain information, reason, and achieve additional intellectual functions. Many scientists have disputed for years that people have numerous levels of intelligences. An individual may have a higher comprehension level when it comes to learning languages, but difficulties when learning music. In this case a single IQ test cannot sufficiently represent the intricate and diverse potential of a human being. One of the more recent theories of intelligence that emerged was the theory of multiple intelligences created by Howard Gardner. He refused to focus on the analysis of test scores; Gardner argued that numerical expressions...
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...Theory of Multiple IntelliGENCE PSY/300 April 9, 2012 Instructor: Angelique Grady In this paper, I will discuss the theory of multiple intelligences, developed by Howard Gardner. There are eight intelligences that Howard Gardener indentified, but I will be discussing three of them that would have an impact on my own personal success. Linguistic intelligence which refers to verbal intelligence, iInterpersonal intelligence is being able to appreciate and identify what others require, and iIntrapersonal intelligence refers to one’s self and their abilities (Smith, 2002, 2008). “Intelligence is multifaceted; that is, aspects of it can be expressed in many domains.” (Kowalski & Westen, 2011, p. 271) “We can thus define intelligence as the application of cognitive skills and knowledge to learn, solve problems, and obtain ends that are valued by an individual or cCulture” (see Gardner, 1983, p. ?). “It is also to some extent culturally shaped and culturally defined, since cultural practices support and recognize intellectual qualities that are useful in the social and ecological context.” (Kowalski & Westen, 2011, p.274). Gardner did not believe that there was only one inventory for intelligence. He used many criteria to come up with these eight intelligences. These criteria dealt with damage to the brain, and how a portion of the brain could be affected, but the other portion still worked fine. Another criteria area...
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...Title: The Theory of Multiple Intelligences Name: Markeesha Eckols Course: Psy 300 Due Date: 4/23/2012 Instructor: Carlton Bowden The Theory of Multiple Intelligences In Gardner’s book “Frames of Minds” he argues that all humans are born with a multiplicity of intelligences. He suggested that with these intelligences; we can or should be developed by society to achieve great individual accomplishment and fulfill greater social goals. This theory of multiple intelligences has been divided into eight different categories; Linguistic, musical, logical, spatial, bodily kinesthetic, intrapersonal, interpersonal and naturalist (Gardner 1983). In Gardner’s opinion; seven kinds of intelligence would allow seven ways to teach, rather than one and powerful constraints that exist in the mind can be mobilized to introduce a particular concept (or whole system of thinking) in a way that children are most likely to learn it and least likely to distort it (Gardner 1983). Gardner was one of the first to teach us that we should not judge and develop people (especially children, young people, and people at the beginnings of their careers) according to an arbitrary and narrow definition of intelligence (Gardner 1983). We must instead rediscover and promote the vast range of capabilities that have a value in life and then set out valuing people for who they are, what they can be, and helping them to grow and fulfill their...
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