2. Gardner’s Life
• Howard Earl Gardner was born July 11, 1943 in
Scranton, PA
• His older brother was killed in a sledding accident
• A good student
• A pianist and thought it could be a professional career
• Married to Ellen Winner
• Has four children's
• Enjoys travelling
3. Gardner’s Education
• Attended preparatory school in Kingston Pennsylvania
• Attended Harvard college- Studied history preparing for a law
career
• 1965 - Graduate Gardner received his B.A. summa cum laude
in Social Relations from Harvard College
• 1971 - Ph.D. in Developmental Psychology from Harvard
University
4. Gardner’s Career
• 1972 - Boston V.A. Hospital, research
psychologist
• 1973- Harvard University, Co-director of Project
Zero (a research group that studies human
cognition and focuses mainly on the arts)
• 1979 - Professor of Medicine Boston Univ.
School of Medicine
• 1986 - Professor of Education at Harvard
Graduate School of Education
• 1984 – Professor of Neurology at Boston
University School of Medicine
5. Some of Gardner’s Publications
• The Arts and Human Development (1973)
• Art, Mind, and Brain: A Cognitive Approach to
Creativity (1982)
• Frames of Mind: The Theory of Multiple Intelligence
(1983)
• The Unschooled Mind: How Children Think and
How Schools Should Teach (1991)
• Multiple Intelligences: The Theory in Practice (1993)
• Changing the World: A Framework for the Study of
Creativity(1994)
• Who Owns Intelligence? (1999)
6. A Definition of Multiple Intelligences
• A psychological theory about the mind.
• Human beings learn in various levels of intelligences
• Eight different human intelligences.
• Humans learn, remember, perform, and understand in
different ways and have all of these intelligences
• Most intelligence tests only identify general
intelligence (language/logic)
• Genetics, environment, and experiences influence
one’s level of intelligences
• All humans possess these intelligences, but each
person owns their unique learning style combination
7.
8. Gardner’s Theory of Multiple
Intelligences
• Gardner’s Theory of Multiple Intelligences This theory is based on
Gardner’s belief that “students have very different minds and they
learn, remember, perform, and understand in various ways.”
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• Visual/Spatial
• Bodily-kinesthetic
• Musical-Rhythmic
• Logical- Mathematical
• Interpersonal
• Intrapersonal
• Linguistic- Verbal
• Naturalistic
9. Visual/Spatial
Characteristics of learner:
• Aware of their environments or their physical space
• Like drawing, puzzles, mazes, and even daydreaming
• Can be taught through drawings, verbal, and physical imagery
• Think in images and pictures
• Might like to build with Lego
Teaching tools might include:
• Models
• Charts
• Photographs and drawings
• 3-D modeling Video and videoconferencing
• Multimedia
• Texts with pictures/charts/graphs.
10. Bodily/Kinesthetic
Characteristics of learner:
• Process knowledge through the senses
• Use the body effectively – (athletes, dancers)
• Awareness of body position in space and timing
Like movement, making things, and touching
• Use body language to communicate.
• Learn best by acting things out or with hands-on experiences
Teaching tools might include:
• Physical activities
• Hands-on learning
• Acting out,
• role playing
• Tools include equipment and real objects (computers, athletic equipment,
microscopes, maps, clay, puppets)
11. Musical/Rhythmic
Characteristics of learner
• Learns through songs and music
• Quiet
• Aware of sounds around them
• Good listeners and can discriminate sounds, sensitive to rhythm
and sound
• Tap or drum constantly
• Study better with music in the background
Teaching tools might include
• Musical activities
• Singing, rapping, put words into lyrics
• Tools include musical or computer equipment (multimedia
software, musical instruments, radios, CDs, mp3.
12. Interpersonal
Characteristics of learner
• Leaders
• Good communicators
• Understand others and their feelings
• Learn through interactions with others
• Has many friends
Teaching tools might include
• Cooperative group activities
• Constructivist approach
• Dialogues and seminars
• Tools include computers and internet, telephones, Email,
video and computer conferencing
13. Intrapersonal
Characteristics of learner
• Shy
• Independent
• Know their inner feelings
• Strong willed, confident, and self-motivated
• Has strong opinions
Teaching tools might include
• Independent learning situations
• Independent projects and activities
• Provide alone or quiet time for learner
• Various writing exercises where personal opinions are offered
• Books, journals, diaries.
14. Logical/Mathematical
Characteristics of learner
• Demonstrates logical intelligence
• Like patterns, measuring, categorizing, and analyzing concepts
• Enjoys strategic games and experimentation
• Critical thinkers over analyze
• Good problem solvers
• Usually like Science and Math
• Love sports statistics
Teaching tools used might include
• Problem solving activities
• Hands-on science experimentation
• Strategic, logical, mathematical games
• Exploration of patterns
• Read and solve mysteries
15. Linguistic/Verbal
Characteristics of learner
• Demonstrates highly developed auditory skills
• Demonstrates a mastery of native language and can quickly acquire other
languages
• Likes to express himself in written stories, poems, rhymes, and puns
• Enjoys playing word games like crossword puzzles
• Reads and sees words Uses language to remember concepts
Teaching tools might include
• Speaking activities - presentations, debates
• Writing activities - short stories, poems essays, reports
• Original self- expression
• Computers, books, tape recorders, videos, multimedia software
• Desktop publishing, and word processing software
• Lectures
16. Naturalistic
Characteristics learner
• Demonstrates an interest in the environment
• Recognizes and classifies various features in their environment
» Can describe details about things in their environment
• Enjoys being in the outdoors and interacting with the living and
nonliving features
• Are usually florists, botanists, farmers, hunters, archeologists,
gardeners, or environmentalists
Teaching tools might include
• Outdoor Education - field trips
• Bring environment into the classroom - experimentation
• Classification activities Videos, computer software based on
environmental issues
• Environmental Education activities and experiments
17. “If a child is not learning the way you are
teaching, then you must teach in the way the
child learns."
