Title: Howard Gardner and the Theory of Multiple Intelligences - Exploring your mind
Headings: Howard Gardner and the Theory of Multiple Intelligences
Howard Gardner and the Theory of Multiple Intelligences
A definition of intelligence according to Gardner
Academic excellence isn’t everything
Intelligence is a skill you can develop
The theory of multiple intelligences: 8 kinds of intelligence
Logical-mathematical intelligence
Verbal-linguistic intelligence
Musical-rhythmic intelligence
Visual-spatial intelligence
Bodily-kinesthetic intelligence
Interpersonal intelligence
Naturalistic intelligence
Existential intelligence
Bibliography
What is Musical Intelligence? How Can I Improve It?

Content: A definition of intelligence according to Gardner
Academic excellence isn’t everything
Gardner defines intelligence as “the ability to solve problems, or to create products, that are valued within one or more cultural settings.” First of all, he widens the playing field for what intelligence is and recognizes what people have always known intuitively. And that is that some kinds of intelligence are related to academic success, but there are other ones, just as important, that aren’t. At least not directly, and not in the way intelligence has traditionally been measured. In fact, the academic factor usually isn’t the best predictor of how far a person will go. There are people who score very high on traditional intelligence tests, but don’t, for example, have even the tiniest bit of skill when it comes to relationships. Being successful in business, or sports, takes intelligence. But we use a different kind of intelligence in each different area. Not better or worse, just different. To put it another way, Einstein isn’t more or less intelligent than Michael Jordan.