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A revolutionary challenge to the widely held notion that intelligence is a single general capacity possessed by every individual to a greater or lesser extent. Gardner's trailblazing book revolutionized the worlds of education and psychology by positing that rather than a single type of intelligence, we have several--most of which are neglected by standard testing and educ...more
Published April 21st 1993 by Basic Books (first published 1983)
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Dec 09, 2009Terence rated it liked it
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I wrote a paper on Gardner's theory of multiple intelligences when I was working toward my master's in education. I didn't come down entirely on the anti-Gardner side of the fence but I was pretty critical about the lack of scientific evidence for separate 'intelligences' and other imprecisions in his work (a chronic failing of education-related studies). If nothing else, Gardner forces the attentive reader (pro or con) to re-evaluate how we teach people and if he's caused us to do it better, then...more
Nov 06, 2017Rob rated it it was amazing
This is one of those books on which many people opine who have not actually read it. Accordingly, we tend to see people scorning the theory of multiple intelligences, arguing that really 'these are just skills rather than separate intelligences'. As you may imagine, this book, the harbinger of the theory in 1983, goes rather further in delineating what we can call an intelligence by looking at our history of understanding intelligence and trying to come to a picture of what could really constitu...more
While the concept of this theory was interesting, the writing was unnecessarily verbose. I found it difficult to pick out the main ideas of the theory beyond the first three and many of the notes in the final chapters seemed like afterthoughts to add to the page count. Gardner writes like a theorist, which is to say that he makes things complex for no reason other than the fact that he can. Since I am more of a creative writer, getting through this text was a chore that I'm proud to say I comple...more
Jul 14, 2008Suzanne rated it it was amazing
Recommended by my sister.. Gardner's work is one of the great rebuttals to those who advocate the use of standardized testing scores as an appropriate measure of teaching and learning. It opened my eyes.
Jan 07, 2017Owlseyes inside Notre Dame, it's so strange a 15-hour blaze and... marked it as to-read
One of my professors used this as a text when I was working on a M.A. in education, and it really opened some new doors for me. I'd always felt that conventional intelligence tests like IQ tests and the SAT were marginally relevant at best, and that a lot of people were very smart in ways those tests didn't recognize. In this book, Howard Gardner has done a good job of categorizing and examining a number of different kinds of intelligence including some not often recognized by our education and...more
Such an interesting read. So helpful for anyone involved in the development of a child. It seems a little more relevant to parent compared to teachers. There seems to be a misconception among educators that this is a book about how 'Everyone Learns Differently.' It is more about how there are different intelligences which can be nurtured separately and many of them are ignored.
Feb 16, 2013Doni rated it liked it · review of another edition
Gardner is a better researcher than he is writer. The content is interesting, but it takes effort to read. It is worth reading since this is the original theory that everyone refers to.
This books presents a useful way to view intelligence. It acknowledges that some people are smarter in one area than in another. I don't entirely agree with his categories, but the notion is useful, as it prevents a person who is talented in, say, dance, from being considered stupid because that person is maybe not so good at linear logic chains. Those training to be schoolteachers will often be required to read this book. That's a good thing. It would be nicer still, though, if people would loo...more
I started reading Frames of Mind for my thesis last fall, to use as a straw man against my theoretical framework (Sternberg's WICS Model), but ironically found Gardner's theory more substantial. The scientific reasons he has for supporting the different kinds of intelligences seem much more valid than Sternberg's, and Gardner provides multiple ways in which his theory can be used. He does admit that he has not changed his theory or done significant testing on it, but he is open to others testing...more
Nov 21, 2011Valeria Andrea added it
This is a very good book about human minds and capacity. I was like super inside the book. I read about the Theory of Multiple Intelligences for school and got interested and keept reading. After that, I came to the internet, and searched about my own 'intelligences' so, there they are: 4.57 Self: You have a very good sense of self. You like to spend time by yourself and think things over. You will often take in information from another person, mull it over by yourself, and come back to that pe...more
Early in the book, I was quite intrigued with the idea of Gardner's theories, but as he explained his multiple intelligences, I lost interest. At first go through, I don't agree that music, body-kinesthetic or even language rate as different intelligences...spatial, maybe; math maybe; 'personal'? I've come to understand that is a 'yes' (thank Goleman for branding that emotional intelligence) Obviously, there are people more skilled than others in the different areas, but scales of intelligence?...more
The ideas were interesting but it was really dry, and I am not sure that he made the case that these should could as unique intelligences, though having read it years ago, I may have been more convinced then. The most interesting idea to me, and I think I got it from an article inspired by the book where it was highlighted at a level not in the book, was that if you can teach things with techniques that bring in multiple intelligences, then you can reach more students, including the non-traditio...more
I enjoyed this - it was light enough to follow along, but theoretical and deep enough to let you know some real research went into it. A true proponent of the theory of multiple intelligences, I find this to be foundational in one's understanding of of the myriad ways people can process information and experience the world. After reading this book, you come away with a deeper and richer appreciation for those of us who demonstrate 'odd' or 'peculiar' learning styles, and who process on levels di...more
Feb 17, 2011Carlos Alonso-Niemeyer rated it it was ok
I read this while doing my MBA. I saw it as a reference in a newspaper article. A great read and very insightful of peoples attributes. It really allows oneself to view your own personality and attributes under different perspectives. This is book that all talent scouts and HR managers should read. Not for beginner readers, it will take time to digest this monster. However, when you are finished, you will feel absolutely satisfied.
Jul 20, 2007Nicole rated it it was amazing
Necessary reading for all educators. Howard Gardener is a staple in education these days, and this book discusses the various types of intelligence (although I'm not sure if this version is updated with natural intelligence 2002 or so, and the emotional intelligence 2005 or so). Every student talents in different areas, and we can use this talent to help the child grow and learn in a way they'd benefit most from.
Sep 18, 2012Chrisl rated it really liked it · review of another edition
Intrigued me at the time. Curious now what geneticists are discovering that might fit the theory.
Part 1: intelligence testing has been stuck in one mode for a really long time and we should expand our minds and think about it differently. intelligence likely has some biological reason, but we don’t know what it is. Intelligence should be defined/limited as follows: isolated and distinct, identifiable operations, has an evolutionary and developmental history and an expert, can apply the scientific method to test it, and communicate it through symbols. Intelligence is not always a positive tr...more
I appreciate the theory, but the book is a tedious read for the layman. The book is really geared towards psychologists or educators. Also, I feel like Gardner doesn't differentiate enough between an 'intelligence' and an 'aptitude.' Like, some people just have a 'knack' for something, and it seems a little grandiose to build an entire theory about that. (Although, to be fair, he has an entire chapter in the beginning where he tries to explain the difference, but I was a little unconvinced...)
As the title suggests, Gardner provides a framework for understanding the 7 types of human intelligence that he has observed: linguistic, spatial, logical-mathematical, bodily-kinesthetic, interpersonal, intrapersonal, and musical. Educators and policy makers would do well to implement strategies to access all the intelligences of students, rather than the primarily interpersonal and logical-mathematical strategies employed in today’s scholastic environment
May 21, 2017Julia Leporace rated it it was amazing
I came across some of Gardner's writings on his M.I. Theory two years ago. I've been wanting to read the whole book ever since. I loved the fact that the author challenged the prevailing notion of a single intelligence assessed by a one-hour paper-and-pencil test (the so called IQ tests), coming up with a more comprehensive approach to human cognition and its potential usefulness in education.
Oct 24, 2018Maria Carcaño rated it really liked it
How is that the aplications of these great ideas came to be not the ideas per se but whoever's interpretation of them?
Feb 28, 2019Marianna Jablonskaa rated it it was amazing
Interesting concepts but dry and a little wordy. Some of this was new material to me, but most of it was not due to my background in education.
Aug 16, 2017Nitish Kumar Singh rated it liked it
The title of the book is self-explanatory. You don't need to read this 496 page book, you could look up blogs and article on it, written by Howard Gardner.
Nov 12, 2017Colin Meldrum rated it really liked it
This is an early product of Gardner’s work, but very comprehensive. People often confuse Gardner’s research with the theory of different learning styles, which seem to be a much more basic idea and one that is all to often misunderstood or applied only in superficial, fairly useless ways. This book works hard to communicate a well-rounded understanding of intelligence within individual and cultural contexts. I’m interested in reading his later works if he goes into more detail about application...more
A great book indeed, focuses on how flawed our education system is, how it only focuses on cognitive abilities of a person and not other intelligences.
Howard Gardner is a professor at Harvard. His controversial theory of multiple intelligences suggests that there are at least seven distinct types of human intelligence, not just one. The book was interesting, although the first two chapters are really all I needed to read to get the gist of it. The rest is academic iterations of the same material, or results from field research. I think the idea of multiple intelligences is interesting, but Gardner's theory is unproven thus far, and it critique...more
May 04, 2014Charles rated it liked it
The opening chapters provide a great study in how the Theory of Multiple Intelligences (MI Theory) took hold. Much work has been done in the cognitive sciences since this seminal text, but its influence is still strong, especially in the education world. I find his definition of intelligences useful. And it's surprising how many popular 'critics' of the theory don't actually grasp the important points. For a more pointed (brief) introduction to MI theory, you can consult the academic paper on Ga...more
When I read this in college, it was a real eye opener for me because I realized that the frame of reference in which I viewed the world wasn't just from conditioning of cultural biases, socio-economic, and religious norms, but from temperament as well. When I was working at Wired, our founder Louis Rossetto, referenced this book as way of understanding why people could be so brilliant in one way, and status quo in another as a 'package' rather then as distinctly separate skill sets. It explains...more
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Howard Gardner is the John H. and Elisabeth A. Hobbs Professor of Cognition and Education at the Harvard Graduate School of Education. He also holds positions as Adjunct Professor of Psychology at Harvard University and Senior Director of Harvard Project Zero. Among numerous honors, Gardner received a MacArthur Prize Fellowship in 1981. He has received honorary degrees from 26 colleges and univers...more
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