Howard Gardner

Howard Gardner's Multiple Intelligences:

I decided to research Gardner's theory of Multiple Intelligences. I think that this theorist is inspiring and all of the different intelligences really interest me. Gardner viewed intelligence as "the capacity to solve problems" or to "fashion products that are valued in one or more cultural setting". He viewed this through seven different areas of intelligence. These eight intelligences are, Linguistic Intelligence, Logical-mathematical Intelligence, Musical Intelligence, Bodily- Kinesthetic Intelligence, Spatial Intelligence, Interpersonal Intelligence and Intrapersonal Intelligence. Gardner really believed that people learned in different ways and the most common ways were through these ways in particular. In order to be a good teacher, you have got to know how to teach to all of these different intelligences. Not every student will have the same intelligence or learning style than you do. Therefore, in order to meet the students needs the teacher needs to teach not only to just her area of expertise but all of the other areas also. After doing some research on Howard Gardner, I found out that his theory of multiple intelligences has not been most popular for academic psychology, but a great deal of educator are in favor of him. (http://www.infed.org/thinkers/gardner.htm)
I really like the theory because I agree that not all students can learn the same way. There are many different ways to approach a way of learning and as a teacher I will teach to all of these different intelligences whenever possible to the best of my ability because I think it is very important for all students to be successful. In order for the students to be successful, they need to be able to learn the way they are most comfortable.