A better way to understand what make us smart and the new meaning of intelligences.

1. Multiple Intelligence
What to make of all of this? I say, pay one's respect to school and to
IQ tests, but do not let them dictate one's judgment about an
individual's worth or potential. In the end, what is important is an
individual's actual achievements in the realms of work and personal life.
~ Howard Gardner, Extraordinary Minds, p. 42

2. What is intelligence?
H o wa r d G a r d n e r s a y s . .
"An intelligence is the ability to
solve problems, or to create
products, that are valued within
one or more cultural settings.”

3. According to Howard Gardner 7 different
kinds of intelligence are display by
humans.

4. Perhaps we should no longer ask
How smart we are?
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5. Linguistic
Description:
words and language, written and spoken;
retention, interpretation and explanation of ideas and
information via language, understands relationship
between communication and meaning.
typical roles: writers, speakers, English teachers, TV
and radio presenters.
Famous people: Bill Clinton, J.K.Rowling

6. Logical-Mathematical
Description: logical thinking, detecting
patterns, scientific reasoning and deduction; analyze
problems, perform mathematical
calculations, understands relationship between cause
and effect towards a tangible outcome or result.
Typical roles: scientists, engineers, computer
experts, accountants, statisticians, researchers.
Famous People: Rosalind Franklin, Albert Einstein

7. Musical
Description: musical ability, awareness, appreciation
and use of sound; recognition of tonal and rhythmic
patterns, understands relationship between sound
and feeling.
Typical roles:
musicians, singers, composers, DJ's, music producers.
Famous people: Paul McCartney, Mozart, Zakir Hussain

8. Bodily-Kinesthetic
Description: body movement control, manual
dexterity, physical agility and balance; eye and body
coordination.
Typical roles:
dancers, demonstrators, actors, athletes, divers, sports
-people, soldiers, fire-fighters.
Famous People: El chicharito

9. Spatial-Visual
Description: visual and spatial perception;
interpretation and creation of visual images; pictorial
imagination and expression; understands relationship
between images and meanings, and between space
and effect
Typical roles: artists, designers, cartoonists, story-
boarders, architects, photographers, sculptors
Famous People: Pablo Picasso, Walt
Disney

10. Interpersonal
Description: perception of other people's feelings; ability to
relate to others; interpretation of behavior and
communications; understands the relationships between
people and their situations, including other people.
Typical roles: Therapists, HR
professionals, mediators, leaders, counselors, educators, sal
es-people, psychologists.
Famous People: Oprah Winfrey, Princess
Diane

11. Intrapersonal
Description: self-awareness, personal objectivity, the
capability to understand oneself, one's relationship to
others and the world, and one's own need for, and
reaction to change
Goals: self-reflection, self-discovery
Famous People: Anne Frank, Sai Baba

12. The Right question may be.
How are we smart?

13. References
Gardner, H. (1983/2003). Frames of mind. The theory of multiple
intelligences. New York: Basic Books.
• Gardner, H. (1993). Multiple intelligences: The theory in
practice. New York: Basic Books.
• Howard Gardner's Personal Website and Project Zero Website
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