Not exact matches
Our Games curriculum grows from the belief that
spatial awareness and
intelligence,
as well
as a joy of physical movement are essential components of living a full and balanced life.
Howard Gardner is a psychologist and professor known for developing of the theory of multiple
intelligences, which points out that a person has multiple
intelligences distributed in various skills, such
as logical reasoning, language, music,
spatial sense, kinesthetic ability, and interpersonal and intrapersonal skills.
Started by veteran teachers who were exploring creativity in children, Key Learning's program is based on the theory of multiple
intelligences, pioneered by Harvard University professor Howard Gardner, which holds that each individual possesses different forms of
intelligence — verbal - linguistic, musical, logical - mathematical, visual -
spatial, naturalistic, body - kinesthetic, intrapersonal (such
as insight), and interpersonal (such
as social skills)-- to greater or lesser degrees.
Spatial intelligence, one of Gardner's eight identified strands of
intelligence, is defined by him
as the ability to recognize and employ patterns of varying degrees of space.
In my social studies classroom, students use
spatial intelligence to read maps and graphs, to view video clips or transparencies, and in individual project assignments that include artwork such
as dioramas, murals, or video presentations.
Someone with high visual -
spatial intelligence, such
as a skilled painter, may still benefit from using rhymes to remember information.
The theory posited that rather than measure
intelligence as one general ability, we should measure types of
intelligence: linguistic, logical - mathematical, musical, bodily - kinesthetic,
spatial, interpersonal, and intrapersonal.
But
as time went on, some educators began casually to conflate «multiple
intelligences» with «learning styles» — to sub out «
spatial intelligence» for a «
spatial learning style» or «bodily - kinesthetic
intelligence» for a «bodily - kinesthetic learning style.»
For children who learn through the
spatial intelligence, their classroom work can be enhanced through the use of manipulatives and hands - on work, such
as models and dissections.
Gardner does mention, in passing, famous artists such Leonardo da Vinci and Pablo Picasso,
as examples of those with high
spatial intelligence, but he gives few telling examples, even in the nearly 35 pages he spends on this
intelligence, in his original work on the subject, «Frames of Mind: The Theory of Multiple
Intelligences,» published in 1983.
Gardner articulated eight areas to be considered
as a discrete
intelligence: musical / rhythmic, visual /
spatial, verbal / linguistic, logical / mathematical, bodily / kinesthetic, interpersonal, intrapersonal, and naturalistic.
Using visual cues such
as a chart ties into what theorist Howard Gardner called «
spatial intelligence,» which involves how an individual processes visual information.
For example, having students tap into the various aspects of
spatial intelligence with contemporary technology tools such
as Google Earth or geographic information systems (GIS) enables them to explore
spatial ways of thinking and learning for deeper understandings beyond curricular boundaries.
Students then use visual -
spatial intelligence when creating a story board and selecting images for the the multimedia piece; verbal - linguistic
intelligence when writing scripts and recording the narration for the PSA;
spatial intelligence when evaluating and selecting images; and interpersonal and verbal - linguistic
intelligences when working
as a team and planning a narrative that would truly convince others of the importance of evacuation.
Gardner's theory of multiple
intelligences (originally linguistic, logical - mathematical,
spatial, musical, kinesthetic, interpersonal, and intrapersonal) also elaborated on the view of human abilities
as multidimensional.
Dodd probably most stands out
as a colorist, but her visual
intelligence shows best in her endemic dovetailing of
spatial structure with surface design.