| There is a new way of looking at intelligence or what it
means to be smart.
The theory of multiple intelligences was developed in 1983 by a professor of
education at Harvard University, Dr. Howard Gardner. At the core of this theory
is the recognition that people think and learn differently and that intelligence
can be expressed in a multitude of ways. For example, people can express their
intelligence in words (verbal/linguistic intelligence), through numbers and
logic (logical/mathematical intelligence), and in pictures and images (visual/spatial
intelligence). They also can express their intelligence through music (musical/rhythmic
intelligence), in movement of their bodies (bodily/kinesthetic intelligence),
in interactions with others (interpersonal intelligence), in personal insight
(intrapersonal intelligence) and in ability to recognize and classify species
of the environment (naturalist intelligence). This new view of intelligence definitely challenges our ideas
about what it means
to be smart! However, the importance of these forms of intelligence can be seen
in the esteem and high salaries we pay people who use their multiple intelligences
to earn a living – people like athletes, artists, musicians, religious
leaders, poets, counselors and designers! |
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