MULTIPLE INTELLIGENCES
Howard Gardner
Harcubová Martina
Hrušková Nikola
Kundeliusová Petra
2012/2013
Psychology of behaviour at work
CONTENT
1.
Theory of multiple intelligences
2.
MI
3.
Practical application of the theory of multiple intelligences
4.
Common Good Uses
5.
8 Different ways to learning
6.
Sources
THEORY OF MULTIPLE
INTELLIGENCES
„An intelligence is the ability to solve problems, or to create products, that
are valued within one or more cultural settings“
Gardner
 Theory by Howard Gardner
 developed in late 1970's and early 1980's
 probably the best known theory of pluralistic intelligences (Thorndike,
Thurstone, Guilford, Stenberg…)
 criticism from both psychologists and educators
 too broad
 his eight different "intelligences" represent talents, personality traits and abilities
 a lack of empirical research
MI
 we are all born with the potential for these intelligences
development of this potential through whole life
 independent on the age but depends on stimuli received
 not just one type and level of intelligence
 no type of intelligence is intrinsically right or wrong
 identification of special knowledge
PRACTICAL APPLICATION OF THE THEORY
OF MULTIPLE INTELLIGENCES
A)
IN THE WORKPLACE
 managers, training staff, and human resource specialist
 indicates behavioural and working styles, strength (the possibility to develop their
weaknesses)
 in the job creation and staffing, career development and counseling processes
(testing, assessment)
more productive, more creative, and more human place
greater profitability for the company and staff satisfaction
PRACTICAL APPLICATION OF THE THEORY OF
MULTIPLE INTELLIGENCES
B) IN THE EDUCATION
 Lesson Design
 Student Projects
 Misuses
Educational implications of MI theory:
 Individuation - understanding of the intellectual profiles of individual
learners
 Pluralization - important ideas, topics, theories and skills ought to be
taught in more than one way -> activation of the multiple intelligences
COMMON GOOD USES
(FROM GARDNER HIMSELF)
 The cultivation of desired capabilities
 Approaching a concept, subject matter, discipline in a variety
of ways
 The personalization of education.
HELP TO
• satisfy the educational needs of many more
students
• understanding the different possibilities of each
students’ learning preference
• stimulate a student’s learning in new ways
8 DIFFERENT PATHWAYS TO LEARNING
 words (linguistic intelligence)
 numbers or logic (logical-mathematical intelligence)
 pictures (spatial intelligence)
 music (musical intelligence)
 self-reflection (intrapersonal intelligence)
 a physical experience (bodily-kinesthetic intelligence)
 a social experience (interpersonal intelligence), and/or
 an experience in the natural world (naturalist intelligence)
Try to Test your intelligence and find your
strengths!
http://www.literacyworks.org/mi/assessment/findyourstrengths.html
THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION!
SOURCES

Kerka, Sandra. 1999. Multiple Intelligences and Career Development, Trends and Issues Alert 8 [online]
November 11, 2012 [Cited: http://www.calpro-online.org/eric/textonly/docgen.asp?tbl=tia&ID=130]
Gardner, Howard E. 1993. Multiple Intelligences: New Horizons in Theory and Practice. 1st edition. Basic
books. ISBN: 978-0-465-04768-0
Joyce Martin. 2001. Profiting from Multiple Intelligences in the Workplace. Wales: Crown House
Publishing Ltd. [online] November 11, 2012
[Cited:http://www.inlpa.org/index.cfm?CFID=37067&CFTOKEN=85524501&a=10095]
 Gardner, Howard. 2011. The theory of Multiple Intelligences: As Psychology, As Education, As Social
Science. [online] November 11, 2012 [Cited: http://howardgardner01.files.wordpress.com/2012/06/473madrid-oct-22-2011.pdf]

Gardner, Howard. Davis, Katie. Christodoulou, Joanna. Seider, Scott..The theory of Multiple
Intelligence [online] November 11, 2012 [Cited:
http://howardgardner01.files.wordpress.com/2012/06/443-davis-christodoulou-seider-mi-article.pdf]