HOWARD

EARL GARNER
Since we all have different cognitive
profiles, educators should take those
individual differences very seriously.
HOWARD GARDNER
● American developmental
psychologist
● Theorist of the multiple
intelligence learning, first
proposed in his 1983 book
“frames of mind”
● He was born in July 11,
1943 in Scranton,
Pennsylvania, USA
● Gardner was the son of
Jewish refugees from Nazi
Germany
● He studied and graduated
from Harvard University
● Gardner love to read and
play piano.
● He currently serves as the
senior director for Project
Zero at Harvard.
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 THE MULTIPLE
INTELLIGENCES THEORY
● Gardner proposed that individuals has the
potential to develop a combination of eight
separate intelligences, or spheres of
intelligence.
● Gardner proposed that an individual’s cognitive
capacity can not be represented adequately in a
single measurement, for example IQ
● Every person manifests varying levels of
separate intelligences.
● He was influenced by Jean Piaget, Erik Erikson
who by the way was his teacher.
● Daniel Goleman is another theorist that can be
related to Howard Gardner’s intelligence, since
he talk about the emotional intelligence and the
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mange of the own emotions
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INTELLIGENCES THEORY

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 LINGUISTIC
INTELLIGENCE
● This intelligence implies
the ability to learn and use
language. Those have high
linguistic intelligence and
are good at listening, MUSICAL
reading, speaking, writing,
etc. INTELLIGENCE
● They can be good orators, ● This intelligence implies
communicators. the ability to produce
music and appreciate it.
● The people that are high in
music intelligences are
good song writers, singers,
musical players, and can
remember melodies and
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understanding the
LOGICAL MATHEMATICAL
INTELLIGENCE

● This intelligence implies

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 VISUAL SPATIAL
● INTELLIGENCE
This intelligence features
the potential to recognize
and manipulate wide space
or confined areas.
● Those who have this
intelligence are good at
visualizing and mentally
BODILY KINESTHETIC
manipulating object. Pilots, INTELLIGENCE
architect, graphic artist,
interior decorator. ● This intelligence is the
ability to use parts of the
body to solve problems or
create something.
● Those who have this
intelligence are good at
dancing, sports, crafts, and
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they can express easily
 INTERPERSONAL
INTELLIGENCE
● This intelligence is the INTRAPERSONAL
ability to interact INTELLIGENCE
successfully with others
and understand the ● This intelligence is the ability
motivations and desires of to understand oneself, to
other people to work with appreciate ones feelings,
them. fears, motivations, strengths,
● Those who have this
weaknesses and goals.
intelligence try to see ● This people tend to be
things with different introvert. Also, they can be
perspectives and they can psychologist, therapist,
be good organizers and counselor, entrepreneur, etc.
good at relationships. For
example: teachers, 8

psychologists, public
 NATURALIST
INTELLIGENCE
● This intelligence is the EXISTENCIAL
ability to nurture and INTELLIGENCE
relate in informations to
ones natural surroundings, ● This intelligence is the ability
it involves expertise in the to raise and reflect on
recognition and philosophical questions about
classification of the life, death and ultimate
numerous species, the realities.
flora, the fauna of his or ● They use their intuition
her surrounding. thought and met-cognition to
● The persons with high
ask and answer deep
naturalist intelligence can questions related to life and
be botanist, biologist, human existence.
zoologist, astronomer, etc. ● These people can be
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THE MULTIPLE INTELLIGENCES IN THE EARLY
CHILDHOOD EDUCATION

To engage multiple intelligences in the classroom, it is

★ Diversifying activities
★ Encouraging collaboration
★ Using visual and manipulate resources
★ Integrating music and movement
★ Connecting learning with nature

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YOUR
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