Beyond Your
Genome; Multiple
Intelligences
SUPAT, SYBRENE ROCK M.
BCAED – 1A
OBJECTIVES
Importance of Different approaches
multiple intelligences Learners have for varied intelligence
in second language individual differences and learning
learning and learning styles preferences
"Anything that is worth teaching can
be presented in many different ways.
These multiple ways can make use of
our multiple intelligences."
Howard Gardner
Howard Gardner
• Born on 11th July 1943 in Scranton, Pennsylvania, during
World War 2.
• Howard Gardner is a well-known developmental
psychologist at Harvard University
•Howard Gardner has written many books on
developmental psychology, highlighting his work in the
field of creative development among children and adults.
• Gardner is best known for his contributions to the field of
intellectual development with his Multiple Intelligence
theory.
WHAT IS INTELLIGENCE?
According to Gardner, intelligence is:
o The ability to create an effective product or
offer a service that is valued in a culture.
o A set of skills that make it possible for a
person to solve problems in life.
o The potential for finding or creating
solutions to problems involves gathering new
knowledge.
No one approach to measuring
intelligence
Howard Learners possess different intelligences
Gardner’s Apply varied approaches to
Theory of interpret information & solve
problems
Multiple
Approaches should be student-
Intelligences centered
Students taught by the multiple
intelligences approach show positive
attitude levels
Howard
Gardner’s
Theory of
Multiple
Intelligences
Linguistic Intelligence
The ability to use language masterfully to express oneself
rhetorically or poetically. It includes the ability to manipulate
syntax, structure, semantics, and language phonology.
Possible Career Choices:
Lawyer
Speaker / Host
Author
Journalist
Curator
Logical-Mathematical Intelligence
The ability to use logic, abstractions, reasoning, and critical
thinking to solve problems. It includes the capacity to understand
the underlying principles of some kind of causal system.
Possible Career Choices:
Mathematician
Accountant
Statistician
Scientist
Computer Analyst
Spatial Intelligence
The ability to perceive the visual-spatial world accurately. It
includes the ability to transform, modify, or manipulate visual
information.
Possible Career Choices:
Pilot
Surgeon
Architect
Graphic Artist
Interior Decorator
Bodily-Kinesthetic Intelligence
Involves using the body with finesse, grace, and skill. It includes
physical coordination, balance, dexterity, strength, and flexibility.
Possible Career Choices:
Dancer
Athlete
Surgeon
Mechanic
Carpenter
Musical Intelligence
Musical intelligence involves perceiving, discriminating, creating,
and expressing musical forms. It includes sensitivity to rhythm,
pitch, melody, and tone color.
Possible Career Choices:
Singer
Composer
DJ
Musician
Interpersonal Intelligence
Involves the ability to understand and interact effectively with
others. It includes sensitivity to other people’s moods,
temperaments, motivations, and desires.
Possible Career Choices:
Teacher
Psychologist
Manager
Salespeople
Public Relations
Intrapersonal Intelligence
The capacity to understand oneself, to have an effective working
model of oneself, including one’s desires, fears, and capacities—and
to use such information effectively in regulating one’s own life.
Possible Career Choices:
Therapist
Psychologist
Counselor
Entrepreneur
Clergy
Naturalist Intelligence
Ability to recognize, categorize, and draw upon patterns in the
natural environment. It includes sensitivity to the flora, fauna, and
phenomena in nature.
Possible Career Choices:
Botanist
Biologist
Astronomer
Meteorologist
Geologist
Existential Intelligence
Sensitivity to our existence, asking questions about our life, where
we have originated from, and where we go.
Possible Career Choices:
Philosopher
Theologian
Pastoral counselor
Conclusion
Multiple Intelligences theory has more benefits than
limitations.
• An opportunity to introspect and analyze their capabilities
• A paradigm shift in their experiences - can create more
learner-centered classes
• Educators can raise the level of linguistic skills of their
learners.
• It develops their communicative skills.
• A great potential to bring out the best in educators and
