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Excerpted and adapted from Creating Emotionally Safe Schools, by Jane Bluestein, Ph.D. © 2001, Health Communications, Inc, Deerfield Beach, FL. Multiple Intelligences:Many Ways to be “Smart”by Jane Bluestein, Ph.D. A very brief overview of multiple intelligences, or different ways of being “smart.” LinguisticSkill with words; using language, expressing with words, either written or spoken, and understanding what is said or written. Related skills might include storytelling, memorizing, writing, discussing, debating, journaling, oration and reading. Logical-MathematicalSkill with numbers, puzzles, experiments; the intelligence of reasoning. Related skills include understanding principles and systems, problem solving, logic games and brainteasers, logical patterns, manipulating numbers and quantities. SpatialThe ability to create or think in images, representing the spatial world internally (mentally); manipulating objects, understanding spatial relationships. Related skills include thinking visually, remembering visual details, enjoying movies or video games, building, drawing, sculpting, doing crafts activities, designing architecture or playing chess. Bodily-KinestheticThe intelligence of physical skill; awareness of the body in space, capacity to use the whole body or parts of the body to solve a problem, make something or perform. Related skills include dance, athletics, role playing, getting “gut feelings” about things, acting, sports, physical games, building, movement, tactile or hands-on learning. MusicalThe intelligence of melody, tone and rhythm; hearing, recognizing, remembering or manipulating patterns of sound; a feel for rhythm. Related skills include singing, composing, playing an instrument. Can benefit from activities involving music, such as listening, singing along or playing. InterpersonalThe ability to understand other people, sensitivity to others’ needs. May manifest in strong social skills, the ability to cooperate and work with others, empathy for and enjoyment of others, and the presence of many friends. Related skills can involve leadership, volunteering, mentorship, teaching, counseling, listening, sales, mediation or politics. IntrapersonalThe ability to understand the self; self-awareness, a good sense of personal strengths and weaknesses. May manifest in a desire to be alone, make choices, work independently and self-pace. Related skills include the ability to anticipate personal needs and possible reactions, pursue goals independently, reflect on and learn from experience. NaturalisticThe ability to discriminate among things, identify patterns in the natural world, skill at classifying and organizing. Includes the tendency to be comfortable out of doors, touching and exploring, be attracted to things related to nature, as well as the ability to recognize and categorize things like plants, rocks, animals and other elements of nature; also includes the ability to recognize cultural artifacts (like cars or clothing). Of all the ways a person can be intelligent and capable, schools typically focus (assess, value) the first two on this list: Linguistic and Logical-Mathematical. Students who are stronger in other areas are often at a disadvantage at school. Also adapted from Creating Emotionally Safe Schools: Working With Different Sensory/Modality The “Ideal” Student: Kids for whom traditional classrooms are ideally suited (and why so many non-traditional learners struggle in these instructional environments). More information about this book. What people are saying about this book. Other handouts by Dr. Jane Bluestein Articles and excerpts by Dr. Jane Bluestein For a bookmark-friendly version, click here, then bookmark. © 2008, Jane Bluestein, Ph.D., Instructional Support Services, Inc. |
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