Howard Gardner's famous theory of multiple intelligences that is now a very solid base for a comprehensive theory and practice of education,

1. Multiple Intelligences
Developed by the American
Psychologist Dr Howard Gardner

2. Traditional IQ Tests
• Are very limited because they
• Measure mathematical/logical reasoning,
• Linguistic ability/power and
• Spatial visualization
• Many modern psychologists see these tests
as limited in value, though they do serve a
purpose within a narrowly defined
education system

3. Standford-Binet IQ Tests
• Stanford-Binet Intelligence Scale formed the basis
for one of the modern intelligence tests still
commonly used today.
• Originally, IQ was calculated as a ratio with the
formula 100 X Mental Age/Chronological age
• A 10-year-old who scored as high as the average
13-year-old, for example, would have an IQ of
130 (100 X 13/10).

4. Then came Dr Howard Gardner
• Standard IQ tests are
limited and narrow
• There are many types
of intelligences
• From his scientific
work Dr Gardner
concluded that there
were at least 9
intelligences.

5. Gardner’s Multiple Intelligences
Visual
Spatial
Verbal
Linguistic
Mathematical
Logical
Bodily
Kinaesthetic
Musical
Rythmic
Intrapersonal
Interpersonal Naturalist Existential

6. First 3 Intelligences
Visual/Spatial
See things in
one’s mind
Organizing
ideas spatially
Use of
colours and
shapes
Verbal/Linguistic
 spoken and
written word
Verbal
intelligence always
valued – very
traditional value in
classrooms
Mathematical
 Reasoning,
Logic and
Problem
Soving
Very
traditional
Intelligence

7. The Second Three Intelligences
Bodily/Kinesthetic
 learning through
interacting with the
environment
Physical/
movement
Musical/
Rhythmic
 Patterns
Rhythms
Music
Auditory
or aural
learning
Intrapersonal
 learning thro’
feelings, values
and attitudes
 Students take
ownership of
what they learn

8. The Last Three Intelligences
Interpersonal
Learning
through
interaction with
others
Collaboration
and co-operation
with others
Naturalist
 Learning
through
classification
and categories
 Picks up
subtle
differences in
meaning
Existential
 Learning by
seeing the big
picture
The Big
Questions
Why are we
here? Who am
I? What is life?