Multiple intelligences include logical/mathematical, linguistic, intrapersonal, interpersonal, kinesthetic, visual, musical, naturalistic, and existential intelligences. Each type of intelligence involves a different skill set and way of interacting with the world. Developing multiple intelligences can be beneficial for learning by appealing to students' varied strengths. The document provides examples of careers that relate to each intelligence and suggests methods to improve abilities in each domain, such as playing games, reading, taking lessons, exercising, being in nature, and engaging in self-reflection.

1. MULTIPLE
INTELLIGENCES
Dr SAJEENA S
Post-Doctoral Research Fellow (ICSSR)
School of Pedagogical Sciences
Mahatma Gandhi University, Kottayam

4. Logical/ Mathematical Intelligence

5. Logical Intelligence
• Able to handle long chains of
reasoning
• Likes reasons for doing things
• Asks ‘Why’ and ‘How’ questions
• Like to predict, analyze and
theorize
• Enjoy board games and games
with rules
• Play logical games
• Take course in
maths/science
• Learn basic computer
programming
• Avoid using calculator
• Develop the habit of asking
‘why?’
Doctor, Engineer, Scientist,
Banker, Mathematician,
Judge, Computer
Programmer, Data Analyst,
Accountant, Stock broker,
Auditor, Purchase Manager
This area has to do with
logical, abstract, inductive
and deductive reasoning

6. Methods to Improve……….
Play logical/mathematical games
Buy a science kit and carry out some of experiments described in it
Work on logic puzzles and brain teasers
Learn basic computer programming
Take course in basic math’s or science at evening class
Avoid using calculator and practice calculating mentally
Visit the science museum

8. Linguistic Intelligence

9. Linguistic Intelligence
• Sensitive to the meaning,
order and sound of words
• Uses various languages
• Likes to explain, convince,
persuade through words
• Enjoys and excels at word
games
• Enjoys listening to. Telling and
reading stories
• Play word games
• Go regularly to libraries and
bookstores
• Subscribe to reading materials
• Listening to recordings and
speeches of famous orators
• Keep diary to write 250 words per
day
Writer, Journalist, Poet,
Trainer, Lawyer, Copy-Writer,
Teacher, Editor, Translator,
Speech Pathologist, TV and
radio presenter, Proof reader
It is the ability to understand
words and language, writing,
telling stories and
memorizing words

10. Methods to Improve……….
Play word games
Record yourself speaking and listening to the playback
Visit the library and bookshop regularly
Join a speaker’s club
Subscribe to a high quality newspaper
Read a new book once a week and develop a personal library
Use one new word in your conversation everyday

12. Intrapersonal Intelligence

13. Intrapersonal Intelligence
• Self-reflection and mindfulness
• Often is a daydreamer
• Excellent self-planner and
good at goal setting
• Enjoys solitude and likes to be
alone
• Good understanding of self
strengths and weaknesses
• Listen to motivational audios and
videos
• Read self-help books
• Establish a quite place in your
home for introspection
• Do something pleasurable for
yourself once a day
Therapist, Social worker,
Philosopher, Trainer,
Counselor, Religious leader,
Entrepreneur, Psychologist,
Organization leader
This area has to do with self-
awareness and enjoy a
natural ability to assess one’s
own strengths and interests

14. Methods to Improve……….
Read self-help books and listen to tapes
Create your own personal rituals that makes you feel good about
yourself
Develop a hobby that sets you apart from the crowd
Make a personal development plan
Study biographies of great personalities
Keep some ‘me’ time and indulge in doing an activity of your choice
Spend some time with people who have strong and healthy sense of
oneself

15. Interpersonal Intelligence

16. Interpersonal Intelligence
• Work cooperatively with others
• Demonstrate empathy towards
others
• Sensitive to feelings of others
• Act as a mediator or counselor
• Good at understanding people
• Good at organizing,
communicating
• Decide to meet one new person
each day or week
• Encourage discussion of
characters in movies or books
• Take a leadership role in a group
• Enroll in a course of
communication skills
• Have regular family meetings
Teacher, Politician, Talk Show
Host, Consultant,
Administrator, Salesperson,
Travel Agent, Anthropologist,
Sociologist, Public Relation
Officer
This area has to do with
interaction with others. They
are sensitive to others
moods, feelings,
temperaments and
motivations.

17. Methods to Improve……….
Join a volunteer or service group oriented
Participate in workshops of interpersonal and communication skills
Collaborate with one or more persons on projects of mutual
interest
Use time management system to make sure you keep in touch
regularly with your friend
Attend family, school or work related re-unions
Spend 15 minutes everyday for a week or two observing how people
interact in public places
Start regular correspondences with a network of individuals around the
country

18. Kinesthetic Intelligence

19. Kinesthetic Intelligence
• Fine tuned ability to use the
body and handle objects
• Ability to express emotions
through bodily movements
• Constant movements like to
get up and move around
• Experiences a strong
mind/body connection
• Take lessons in a solo sport such
as swimming, tennis etc
• Exercise regularly
• Take formal lessons in dance
• Take up a hobby at home like
gardening, cooking etc
Actor, Circus Artist, Yoga
Instructor, Chef, Dancer,
Athlete, Doctor, Nurse,
Mechanic, Firefighter,
Performance, Artist, Model,
Adventurer, Choreographer
This area has to do with
movement and doing; the
capacity to use our whole
body or parts of our body

20. Methods to Improve……….
Join a sports team like basket ball, base ball etc. or other group sport
Take a lesson in a solo sport such as swimming, golf, tennis or
gymnastics.
Exercise regularly and keep track of the ideas that occur during
exercise session
Learn a craft such as wood-working, weaving, carving etc
Take up hands on hobbies like gardening, cooking or model
building
Put on blindfold and have a friend lead you around to explore the
environment with your hands
Learn playing a musical instrument

22. Visual Intelligence

23. Visual Intelligence
• Ability to create complex images
• Ability to find their way mentally
and physically around the
environment
• Ability to see the physical world
and translate it into new forms
• Enjoys designing and decorating
• Organizes space, objects and areas
• Ability to use mind maps
• Work on jigsaw puzzles, mazes or
other visual puzzles
• Learn photography and use a
camera to record visual
impressions
• Make three dimensional models
of ideas
Tour Guide, Painter, Urban
Planner, Pilot, Architect,
Photographer, Animator,
Cartoonist, Interior Designer,
Jewelry & Clothing Designer,
Cinematographer
This area has to do with
vision and spatial judgment.
They are typically very good
at visualising and mentally
manipulating objects

24. Methods to Improve……….
Play Pictionary, three dimensional tic-tac-toe or other visual thinking
Work on jigsaw puzzles, Rubik’s cube, maze or other visual puzzles
Use a camcorder and create video presentations
Create a picture library of favourite images from magazines and
newspapers
Take a class in drawing, sculpting, photography, and painting
Learn an ideographically based language such as Chinese
Spend time engaging in art activities

27. Musical Intelligence
• Able to perceive pitch, tone, and
rhythmic pattern
• Well developed auditory sense
• Remembers song easily
• Able to sing or play instruments
• Sensitive and drawn to sounds
• Constantly humming, tapping and
singing
• Take formal music lessons
• Use rhymes and songs to express
feelings
• Put on background music while
studying and working
• Listen to natural melodies like
footsteps, bird songs etc
Orchestra Conductor, Musician,
Singer, DJ, Composer, Music
Therapist, Acoustic Engineer, Music
Teacher
This area has to do with rhythm,
music and hearing. They display
sensitivity to sounds, rhythms, tones
and music

28. Methods to Improve……….
Sing in the shower, whilst driving etc. anywhere you feel comfortable
too
Develop a collection of favourite musical recordings and listen to
them regularly
Take formal music lessons in a specific instrument
Take a course in music criticism in newspapers and magazines
Put on background music while studying, working or eating or at
some other time during the day that is normally quiet
Rediscover the music you loved as child and try making up your own
tunes
Read about the lives of famous composers and performers

30. Naturalistic Intelligence

31. Naturalistic Intelligence
• Have profound love for the
outdoors, animals and plants
• Collecting things like bug, rock,
leaf, seashells, sticks etc.
• Tend to have an affinity with and
respect for all living beings
• They probably bring home all kind
of animals and may have several
pets
• Get to know the natural things like
insects, birds , plants
• Watch channels like National
Geographic, Animal Planet,
discovery etc.
• Take up gardening or landscaping
as a hobby
• Encourage activities in nature to
learn about the laws and cycles of
nature
Animal protection Activist,
Archaeologist, Veterinary
Doctor, Weather Researcher,
Forest Ranger, Guide, Animal
Trainer, Botanist, Farmer,
Meteorologist.
This intelligence involves
understanding of the natural
world of plants and animals

32. Methods to Improve……….
Observe natural things in your own surroundings parks, gardens
(insects, plants etc)
Take up gardening/landscaping as a hobby
Subscribe a magazine related to nature
Use all senses while studying
Create mind maps to explore, categorise and develop your
thinking about problems and issues
Keep a ‘Naturalist journal’ that includes observations you make.
Choose specific type of plant or animal of your choice and learn as
much as you can

33. Existential Intelligence

34. Existential Intelligence
• Asks profound questions about the
meaning of life and death
• Enjoys open-ended questions
• They like individual choice and
working independently
• They have well-developed spiritual
awareness
• High will power and high state of
awareness
• Live in present moment
• Follow principles and deep beliefs
and live accordingly
• Develop empathy toward others
• Having the sense of being a player
in a larger drama
Philosopher, Social Worker,
Religious Leader, Meditation
Guide, Theologian,
Organization Leader
(President & CEO), Self-help
Advisor & Trainer
This area has to do with
sensitivity to deep questions
about human existence,
meaning of life, why we die
and how we did get.

35. Methods to Improve……….
High will power and high state of awareness
Live in present moment
Having a sense of being a player in a large drama
Follow principles and deep beliefs and live accordingly
Make 3D models of ideas you have for inventions or other projects
Use a camcorder and create video presentations
Learn an ideographically based language

36. CONCLUSION
 We are able to know the world through language, logical-
mathematical analysis, spatial representation, musical
thinking, the use of body to solve problems or to make
things, natural enjoyment, awareness about the
existence, an understanding of other individuals and an
understanding of ourselves .
 By teaching to the dominant learning intelligences,
teachers will find students to be more receptive and more
willing to engage in learning processes

37. THANK YOU