Tricia Torres

Howard Gardner

Multiple Intelligences

LinguisticMusicalSpatial / VisualBodily-KinestheticLogical-MathematicalInterpersonalIntrapersonal*Naturalistic**Existential*

The Disciplined MindThe Synthesizing

MindThe Creating MindThe Respectful MindThe Ethical Mind

Howard’s TheoriesFive Minds for the

Future

Two main events that impacted his thinking and development:

His parents had fled from Nürnberg, Germany in 1938, with their three-year old son, Eric.

Just prior to Howard Gardner's birth Eric was killed in a sleighing accident.

Before Howard was Born

Born in Scranton, Pennsylvania in 1943

Attended Harvard University, graduated in 1965, and then again in 1971 with his Ph.D.History & LawEric Erikson as a tutor. In Howard Gardner's words Erikson

probably 'sealed' his ambition to be a scholar.

THE SHATTERED MIND – was his first book published in 197515 Books have followed

1972-2000 He was a Co-Director of Project Zero

About Howard

1971-2000Project Zero's

mission is to understand

and enhance learning, thinking,

and creativity in

the arts.

Howard Gardner is currently a Hobbs Professor of Cognition and Education at the Harvard Graduate School of Education

Adjunct professor of neurology at the Boston University School of Medicine

IQ Tests do not capture the full potential of all human abilities. The paper and pencil method of testing limits humans intelligence.

CRITICS

Educators should Treat these Theories with caution! Teachers have often

varied the way they teach to what motivates students for centuries – WHY confine this notion within the “intelligences” framework.

“We must figure out how intelligence and morality can work together to create a world in

which a great variety of people will want to live”

SOCIAL & MORAL

What Do His Theories Mean For Teachers?

“To prepare students for the future, educators need to cultivate both academic skills and character”

THE DISCIPLINED MIND: capable of applying oneself diligently, improving steadily, and continuing beyond formal education.Mastering of history, mathematics, science, and

one or more art formTHE SYNTHESIZING MIND: arraying

information in ways that makes sense to oneself and to others.Preparation for assignments & test.Ways of Organizing materials in ways that are

helpful to self & others.

Five Minds for the Future

THE CREATING MIND: Creation builds on one or more established disciplines & requires an informed “field” to make judgments of quality and acceptability.Going the extra mile, coming up with unexpected

products and projects.

THE RESPECTFUL MIND: Being sympathetic and constructive to differences among people.Seeking to understand peers, teachers, and staff

THE ETHICAL MIND: Striving toward good work & good citizenship.Reflecting on one’s role as a student or as a future

professional & attempting to fulfill that role.

Five Minds for the Future

Benjamin Bloom – Bloom Taxonomy

LEARNING STYLE COMPARISON

Kolb’s Model

Multiple Intelligences

Curriculum that is too rigid Single form

of assessment

Deep interest in understanding, performance,

exploration, and creativity.

Teachers need to attend to all of the intelligences

Usable Knowledge: Harvard Graduate School of Education http://www.uknow.gse.harvard.edu/teaching/video-teachTC106-607-uk_hg_hu_mind.html

Howard Gardner, Multiple Intelligences and Education: The Encyclopaedia of informal education, http://www.infed.org/thinkers/gardner.htm

Gardner, H. (2006). Five Minds for the Future. Massachusetts: Harvard Business School Press.

Gardner, Howard (1983) Frames of Mind: The theory of multiple intelligences, New York: Basic Books

Gardner, Howard (1999) Intelligence Reframed. Multiple intelligences for the 21st century, New York: Basic Books.

Gardner, H. (1991) The Unschooled Mind: How children think and how schools should teach, New York: Basic Books.

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