The group thought this chapter, as well as the graphing activity in the class, was helpful in considering what our own intelligences were. We were able to find out what areas were our strongest, and what areas needed work.
During the reading we found that some of us were concerned because Gardner mentioned that the best teachers will have a common ground for all intelligences, but most of us don’t have that balance. However, later in the chapter it was relieving to read that people can develop each intelligence to an adequate level of competency. Gardner said that most individuals have the capability to develop all eight intelligences to a reasonably high performance level if they are given the right instruction, tools, and opportunities. As future teachers, we all thought that it is vital to start developing our weaker areas because in order to be an effective educator, we will need to use all eight intelligences in the classroom.
For a long time, IQ tests developed by psychologist were the means of determining of how intelligent individuals were. However, this chapter describes how psychologist Gardner believed that our society defines intelligence too narrowly, and intelligent can be better defined in eight basic intelligences. (Theory of Multiple Intelligences) He also believed that intelligence “has more to do with the capacity for solving problems and fashioning products in a context- rich and naturalistic setting.” The chapter explains what entails in the following eight intelligences: linguistic, logical- mathematical, spatial, bodily-kinesthetic, musical, interpersonal, intrapersonal, and naturalist. The chapter then goes on to describe how Gardner argues that the MI theory can be applied to savants, prodigies, exceptional individuals, as well as the average person and how our culture values these different intelligences.
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