SCE 128: GENERAL SCIENCE EDUCATION
Multiple intelligences
Howard Gardner’s Theory of Multiple
Intelligences
An intelligence is:
The ability to comprehend and profit from
experience
The ability to learn, reason, and problem solve.
Gardner’s Intelligences
Logical-mathematical (number smart)
Verbal/Linguistic (word smart)
Bodily-Kinesthetic (body smart)
Musical/rhythmic (music smart)
Visual/Spatial (picture smart)
Interpersonal (person smart)
Intrapersonal (myself smart)
Naturalist (nature smart)
Logical/Mathematical Intelligence
Ability to use reason, logic and numbers.
These learners think conceptually in logical and numerical
patterns making connections between pieces of information.
Always curious about the world around them, these learners
ask lots of questions and like to do experiments.
Their skills include:
problem solving, classifying and categorizing information,
working with abstract concepts to figure out the relationship of
each to the other, doing controlled experiments, performing
complex mathematical calculations, working with geometric
shapes
Possible career paths:
Scientists, engineers, computer programmers, researchers,
accountants, mathematicians
Verbal/Linguistic Intelligence
Ability to use words and language
Learners have highly developed auditory skills and are
generally elegant speakers. They think in words rather than
pictures.
Their skills include:
-listening, speaking, writing, story telling, explaining, teaching,
using humor, understanding the syntax and meaning of
words, remembering information, convincing someone of their
point of view, analyzing language usage
Possible career interests:
-Poet, journalist, writer, teacher, lawyer, politician,
translator
Bodily/Kinesthetic Intelligence
Ability to control body movements and handle objects skillfully
The learners express themselves through movement. They
have a good sense of balance and eye-hand co-ordination.
(e.g. ball play, balancing beams). Through interacting with the
space around them, they are able to remember and process
information.
Their skills include:
dancing, physical co-ordination, sports, hands on
experimentation, using body language, crafts, acting, miming,
using their hands to create or build, expressing emotions
through the body
Possible career paths:
Athletes, physical education teachers, dancers, actors,
firefighters, artisans
Musical/Rhythmic Intelligence
Ability to produce and appreciate music.
These musically inclined learners think in sounds, rhythms
and patterns. They immediately respond to music either
appreciating or criticizing what they hear. Many of these
learners are extremely sensitive to environmental sounds
(e.g. crickets, bells, dripping taps).
Their skills include:
singing, whistling, playing musical instruments, recognizing
tonal patterns, composing music, remembering melodies,
understanding the structure and rhythm of music
Possible career paths:
musician, disc jockey, singer, composer
Bodily/Kinesthetic Intelligence
Ability to control body movements and handle objects
skillfully.
The learners express themselves through movement. They have
a good sense of balance and eye-hand co-ordination. (e.g. ball
play, balancing beams). Through interacting with the space
around them, they are able to remember and process information.
Their skills include:
dancing, physical co-ordination, sports, hands on
experimentation, using body language, crafts, acting, miming,
using their hands to create or build, expressing emotions through
the body
Possible career paths:
Athletes, physical education teachers, dancers, actors,
firefighters, artisans
Interpersonal Intelligence
Ability to relate and understand others.
These learners try to see things from other people's point of
view in order to understand how they think and feel.
they try to maintain peace in group settings and encourage
co-operation.
• Their skills include:
seeing things from other perspectives (dual-perspective),
listening, using empathy, understanding other people's
moods and feelings, counseling, co-operating with groups,
motivations and intentions, building trust, peaceful conflict
resolution, establishing positive relations with other people.
• Possible Career Paths:
Counselor, salesperson, politician, business person, coach
Intrapersonal Intelligence
Ability to self-reflect and be aware of one's inner state of being.
These learners try to understand their inner feelings, dreams, relationships
with others, and strengths and weaknesses.
• Their Skills include:
Recognizing their own strengths and weaknesses, reflecting and analyzing
themselves, awareness of their inner feelings, desires and dreams, evaluating
their thinking patterns, reasoning with themselves, understanding their role in
relationship to others
• Possible Career Paths:
Researchers, theorists, philosophers
Naturalist Intelligence
How we relate to our surroundings and where we fit into
it.
These learners enjoy gardening, scenic places, and having pets.
Conscious of changes in weather and like to camp, hike and fish.
Their skills include:
ability to recognize and categorize plants, animals and other
objects in nature
gifted at nurturing and growing things
Interacting and caring for animals
Possible careers
conservationist, farmer, zookeeper, animal trainer, veterinarian