Editor's Note (2015): Additional research is needed to understand the applications of Howard Gardner's theory
of multiple intelligences in educational settings.
Understanding that some parents saw our
use of multiple intelligences as less than rigorous was off my radar screen until some of them shared how they felt.
This book is serious and sensible; it helps in the effort to use
ideas of multiple intelligences constructively in an important and contentious area of education.»
Howard Gardner's
concept of multiple intelligences, insofar as it influences teachers and curricula, has widened the path so that students with a variety of abilities can approach excellence.
Through our online course and support channels, face to face professional development, consulting services, and curriculum and resource development offerings, we support programs and educators seeking to tap into Multiple Intelligences and pedagogical framework to create and provide learner - centered, goal - driven
applications of Multiple Intelligences Theory in any learning context.
Speaking with blogger Marty Nemko, Gardner discusses the theory
of multiple intelligences as well as his more recent investigations of higher education in the United States and the meanings of «good work, good citizenship, and ethics» today.
Yes, according to Thomas Armstrong,
author of Multiple Intelligences in the Classroom, especially if your child is high in «naturalist» intelligence — one of eight distinct intelligences that Harvard University scholar Howard Gardner claims to have identified.
Supported by education theorist Howard Gardner's
notion of multiple intelligences, the school offers children multiple ways of expressing themselves, multiple ways of learning, and multiple opportunities for success.
I think it has to go back and forth — so for example, you would teach the students to advocate for themselves by asking them which
of the multiple intelligences best works for them or what their learning style is.
Moreover, recent research by Harvard psychologist Howard Gardner has devastated the optimistic assumptions of modern developmental psychology which has set the terms for much modern educational theory (see Frames of Mind: The Theory of Multiple Intelligences [Basic Books, 1983] and The Unschooled Mind: How Children Think and How Schools Should Teach [Basic Books, 1991]-RRB-.
Howard Gardner's Theory
of Multiple Intelligence Inspires Many in Education Citizen Voice, May 8, 2011» «I guess you could say I am a klutz,» [Howard Gardner] admitted.
Here comes the time to personalize learning: To do this, we will build precisely the student's preferences and their
map of multiple intelligences, so we will be able to focus on each student and to get to know what do they do better (this is to enhance the student in that for what he is predisposed, not to force him to do things that neither interest him nor will he get well along).
These schools in the Chino Valley Unified School District, in Chino, California, formally assess students at the beginning of the year using a variety of methods, including the Teele
Inventory of Multiple Intelligences (TIMI).
It is a shame that Daniel T. Willingham is unable to link empathy and imagination with his commitment to the science of psychometrics in his stinging
critique of multiple intelligences theory («Reframing the Mind,» Check The Facts, Summer 2004).
Our faculty have produced research that has exerted enormous influence on the field, from Jeanne Chall's research on literacy, which shaped the way millions of students are taught reading; to Howard Gardner's brilliant
depiction of multiple intelligences, which changed the way we think of ourselves, our children, and our students; to Gerald Lesser's shaping of Sesame Street, which reaches more than 150 million viewers in more than 150 countries.
She suggests that it also brings together many parts
of the multiple intelligences approach — mathematical - logical intelligence, visual - spatial, bodily - kinesthetic, interpersonal, and naturalist.
Furthermore, there is no way of knowing to what extent changes in the school are due to the implementation of ideas
of multiple intelligences rather than, for example, the energizing thrill of adopting a new schoolwide program, new statewide standards, or some other unknown factor.
Although he debunks the
myth of multiple intelligences and learning styles, he suggests educators use a variety of different methods to engage students in new concepts.
Christensen, Horn, and Johnson also embrace a close
cousin of multiple intelligences: learning styles theory, the notion that students learn material best that is presented «in ways that correspond to how their minds are wired to learn.»
Contents: introduction · howard gardner — a life · howard gardner on multiple intelligences · the
appeal of multiple intelligences · are there additional intelligences?
Phrases with «of multiple intelligences»