Analysis Of Doctor Howard Gardner's Theory Of Multiple Intelligences

As discussed that the national curriculum, places emphasis on all the pupils in the foundation phase should be exposed to mathematical understandings that give them many possibilities “to do, talk and record” their mathematical thinking. The total amount of time spent on Mathematics has an influential impact on pupils’ progress of mathematical conceptions and skills. Learners should be engaging in different activities that are clearly focused on the mathematics in the CAPS document and not on activities which educators call “keeping themselves busy”. It is no wonder that some schools find mathematics in the foundation phase as a failure in the school system. My basic claim is to use multimedia to teach mathematics more effectively in the foundation

Students learn in ways that are identifiably distinctive. The broad spectrum of students - and perhaps the society as a whole - would be better served if disciplines could be presented in a numbers of ways and learning could be assessed through a variety of means”. Doctor Howard Gardner’s Theory of Multiple Intelligences “provided 'a new definition of human nature, cognitively speaking' (Gardner 1999: 44). Human beings are organisms who possess a basic set of intelligences.” (Smith). People have a unique blend of intelligences that other species do not

“Accepting Gardner's Theory of Multiple Intelligences has several implications for teachers in terms of classroom instruction. The theory states that all seven intelligences are needed to productively function in society.” (Smith). Gardner’s theory supports a value system which “maintains that diverse students can learn and succeed, that learning is exciting, and that hard work by teachers is necessary.” (Smith). Gardner also states, “I want people at the end of their education to understand the world in ways that they couldn't have understood it before their education.” (Brockman, 2). What is lacking though is that there are educator who do not teach towards each child’s needs, they only teach. Every teacher must make sure that they accommodate each learner of learning activity. It may sound like a challenge for all the teachers but the learners learning intelligences come