Multiple Intelligence

What kind of career might one with Bodily-Kinesthetic Intelligence seek?

A position where they use their ability to control body movements and handle objects skillfully. These learners express themselves through movement. They have a good sense of balance and eye-hand co-ordination. (e.g. ball play, balancing beams). Through interacting with the space around them, they are able to remember and process information. Their skills include: dancing, physical co-ordination, sports, hands on experimentation, using body language, crafts, acting, miming, using their hands to create or build, expressing emotions through the body Possible career paths: Athletes, physical education teachers, dancers, actors, firefighters, artisans

What kind of career might someone with Intrapersonal Intelligence desire to have?

Being able to self-reflect and be aware of one's inner state of being is a major characteristic. These learners try to understand their inner feelings, their dreams, their relationships with others, and also look and analyze their strengths and weaknesses. Their Skills include: Recognizing their own strengths and weaknesses, reflecting and analyzing themselves, awareness of their inner feelings, desires and dreams, evaluating their thinking patterns, reasoning with themselves, understanding their role in relationship to others Possible Career Paths: Researchers, theorists, philosophers

Who was Howard Gardener?

Harvard psychologist who came up with theory of multiple intelligences

Linguistic

Sensitivity to the meaning of words

Musical Intelligence

This person enjoys rhythm, creating melody, playing various instruments and often can listen to any type of music and tell if it is off pitch or if something is wrong. This person can read and pick out notes and knows different rhythm patterns.

Visual/Spatial Intelligence

This person is someone who thinks in terms of physical space and is very aware of their environment. This person is taught through use of illustrations and drawings, verbal and visual imagery. He/she thinks in images; loves designing, drawing, and doodling; learns through patterns, pictures, and color.

What kind of career might someone with Logical/Mathematical Intelligence be drawn to?

This person needs to use their ability to use reason, logic and numbers. These learners think conceptually in logical and numerical patterns making connections between pieces of information. Always curious about the world around them, these learner ask lots of questions and like to do experiments. Their skills include: problem solving, classifying and categorizing information, working with abstract concepts to figure out the relationship of each to the other, handling long chains of reason to make local progressions, doing controlled experiments, questioning and wondering about natural events, performing complex mathematical calculations, working with geometric shapes Possible career paths: Scientists, engineers, computer programmers, researchers, accountants, analysts, Doctor, Electronics, Cryptology, mathematicians

Bodily Kinesthetic Intelligence

This person prefers to learn through experience and hands-on activity. People who learn better by moving around and using their body to learn and experience life.

Logical/Mathematical Intelligence

This person understands and remembers by thinking through problems and finding reasons that make sense. Puzzles and mysteries; patterns and sensible connections instead of memorization are this person's best way to approach life. He/She learns best by using an organized method of study

What kind of career might someone with Verbal/Linguistic Intelligence seek?

This person wants to use their ability to use words and language. These learners have highly developed auditory skills and are generally elegant speakers. They think in words rather than pictures. Their skills include: listening, speaking, writing, story telling, explaining, teaching, using humor, understanding the syntax and meaning of words, remembering information, convincing someone of their point of view, analyzing language usage. Possible career interests: Poet, journalist, writer, teacher, lawyer, politician, translator, Newscaster, Reporter, Editor, Salesperson

What kind of career might someone with visual /spatial intelligence enjoy?

This person will be happy if they can use their ability to perceive the visual. These learners tend to think in pictures and need to create vivid mental images to retain information. They enjoy looking at maps, charts, pictures, videos, and movies. Their skills include: puzzle building, reading, writing, understanding charts and graphs, a good sense of direction, sketching, painting, creating visual metaphors and analogies (perhaps through the visual arts), manipulating images, constructing, fixing, designing practical objects, interpreting visual images. Possible career interests: navigators, sculptors, visual artists, inventors, architects, interior designers, mechanics, engineers

Intra-personal Intelligence

This person works and learns best by working alone. Using self-paced instruction and having one's own space is very helpful in being productive.

What kind of career might a person with Musical/Rhythmic Intelligence be great at?

This person's ability to produce and appreciate music is important to them. These musically inclined learners think in sounds, rhythms and patterns. They immediately respond to music either appreciating or criticizing what they hear. Many of these learners are extremely sensitive to environmental sounds (e.g. crickets, bells, dripping taps). Their skills include: singing, whistling, playing musical instruments, recognizing tonal patterns, composing music, remembering melodies, understanding the structure and rhythm of music Possible career paths: musician, DJ, singer, composer, Musical Engineer, Musical Technician, Director, Teacher

Inter-personal Intelligence

This type of person learns best by sharing, comparing, cooperating, and interviewing others. They make great team players and consider others ideas, feelings and talents.

Spatial

To be able to think in three- dimensions

Interpersonal

To think about and understand another person

Intrapersonal

To think about and understand one's self

Bodily- kinesthetic

To think in movements and to use the body

Musical

To think in sounds, rhythms, melodies and rhymes

Logical- mathematical

To think of cause and effect connections

Naturalist

To understand the natural world

What kind of career might someone with Interpersonal Intelligence have?

Using their ability to relate and understand others is important to job satisfaction. These learners try to see things from other people's point of view in order to understand how they think and feel. They often have an uncanny ability to sense feelings, intentions and motivations. They are great organizers, although they sometimes resort to manipulation. Generally they try to maintain peace in group settings and encourage co-operation. They use both verbal (e.g. speaking) and non-verbal language (e.g. eye contact, body language) to open communication channels with others. Their skills include: seeing things from other perspectives (dual-perspective), listening, using empathy, understanding other people's moods and feelings, counseling, co-operating with groups, noticing people's moods, motivations and intentions, communicating both verbally and non-verbally, building trust, peaceful conflict resolution, establishing positive relations with other people. Possible Career Paths: Counselor, salesperson, politician, business person, pastor, ambassador

multiple intelligences theory

theory that has 8 areas of intelligence, proposed by Gardner to classify the intelligence people operate with.