GARDNER'S MULTIPLE INTELLIGENCE THEORIES

Gardner's Multiple Intelligence Theories

Gardner's Multiple Intelligence Theories

Dr. Howard Gardner, director of Project Zero and professor of psychology and educational sciences at the University of Harvard has since 1993 proposed his theory of Multiple Intelligences. Through this theory Dr. Gardner concluded that intelligence is not innate and fixed that dominates all the skills and problem solving skills that humans possess, determined that the intelligence is located in different areas of brain, interconnected and which may also work individually, having the property of fully developed if find an environment which provides the necessary conditions.

For the first time in 1993, Gardner said there are seven intelligences. These are: verbal-linguistic, logical-mathematical, physics-kinesthetic, spatial, musical, interpersonal and intrapersonal. Then based on recent studies established that there are more minds: the naturalist, the spiritualist, the existential, the digital and others. (Fogarty, 1995: 383 -435)

Educators who do educational projects with the Seven Multiple Intelligences Naturalist intelligence have been incorporated as the eighth of them.

When Howard Gardner published his book Frames of Mind: the Theory of Multiple Intelligence in 1983 , he introduced a new way of understanding the intelligence of children who fail at school in the United States. A French translation of this book was published in 1997 under the title The forms of intelligence (Odile Jacob). He had seven categories of intelligence. Many discussions took place, and yet, on these intelligences. Over time, another intelligence made her entrance: the naturalist intelligence.

The latest research in psychology on multiple intelligences, developed by Professor Gardner (1993) and colleagues at Project Zero at the School of Education at Harvard, leaving behind almost unique conception of intelligence. To date only were evaluated and enhanced logical-mathematical intelligence and linguistics (Binet test). In contrast to this view, theory of MI (multiple intelligences) understand the cognitive competence as a set of skills, talents and mental abilities called "intelligences". All people have these skills, mental abilities and talents at different levels of development.

Gardner defines intelligence as "the ability to solve problems or make products that are valued in one or more cultures." First, it broadens the scope of what intelligence is and recognize what we knew intuitively, "that academic brilliance is not everything." When developing life is not enough to have a great academic record. There are people of great intellectual capacity but unable to, for example, choose their friends wisely and on the contrary, people are less ...