Title: Howard Gardner (Intelligence Psychologist Biography) - Practical Psychology
Headings: Howard Gardner (Intelligence Psychologist Biography)
Howard Gardner (Intelligence Psychologist Biography)
Howard Gardner's Childhood
Educational Background
Gardner’s Theory of Multiple Intelligences
The Goodwork Project
Applications of Gardner’s Theory
Criticisms of Gardner’s Theory
Howard Gardner's Books, Awards, and Accomplishments
Personal Life
References

Content: Since 1995, he has spent most of his time working on The GoodWork Project—a program that promotes ethics and excellence in work and life. In 1998, Gardner was selected as the John H. and Elisabeth A. Hobbs Professor of Cognition and Education at Harvard. He retired from teaching at the end of the 2019 academic year. Gardner’s Theory of Multiple Intelligences
Gardner developed his theory of multiple intelligences (MI theory) in the late 1970’s to early 1980’s. Up to that time, intelligence was generally conceived of as a singular quality influencing performance on all cognitive tasks. Gardner felt that this view of intelligence was too narrow and failed to capture the full range of human intellectual faculties. He argued instead that humans do not possess a unitary intelligence but rather, several different types of intelligence. He proposed eight different forms of intelligence, namely: Linguistic - The ability to learn and use languages in oral and written form, for example, through reading, writing, speaking, and listening. Logical-mathematical - The ability to engage in logical reasoning, display scientific thought, solve abstract problems, and perform mathematical calculations.