Howard Gardner's Multiple Intelligence Theory

As long as man has been alive education has been an important part of everyday life. Education has allowed man to evolve and continue the treacherous journey of life. Education started just as a means of survival, a way for families to make it day by day, as years progressed education became a luxury most could not afford to have. Education then became the center of life for all. Today education is considered the glue that holds life together, without education a person is simply a paycheck to paycheck victim however with an education a person has to extraordinary chance to become something great. While the status of education transformed over time so did the content that was deemed most urgent and important, education first stood as information

From this research Gardner’s multiple intelligence therapy was created. The multiple intelligence theory is based on the belief that everyone succeeds in at least one of the eight types intelligence, linguistic, mathematical, musical, bodily-kinesthetic, spatial, interpersonal, intrapersonal and naturalist. Each intelligence different from the other, however one person can strive at multiple intelligences or simply strive at one intelligence. Once Gardner released his book “frame of minds” in 1983 (Gardner’s multiple intelligence) the educational outlook on student’s success started to transform. With a new understanding that each student is different educationally then it became clear that students obtain education differently as well, the modern day class room transformed to fit each

The modern day class has not needed to transform dramatically to adjust to the linguistic intelligence because the traditional classroom format involves lecture and reading assignments, however adding in discussion between teacher and student has changed the structure of the classroom. Classrooms today have moved far beyond linguistic. The discovery of the visual-spatial intelligence has transformed the classroom slightly more than linguistic, the visual-spatial intelligence has opened the mind to the possibility to educate someone using the environment around them. Someone who leans better using the format based on the visual-spatial intelligence learns best in a classroom that includes, lecture, imagery and puzzles (Multiple intelligences). The modern day classroom now includes more activities that challenge an individual’s mind, such as a puzzle about the United States world map. With the puzzle the student is able to learn about the topic at hand but also search for the information themselves as opposed to a teacher giving them information for them to study. The logical-mathematical intelligence also works well in a similar classroom environment. Those with logical-mathematical intelligence enjoy using the logical information they have been given to solve clues, puzzles and everyday situations (Multiple intelligences). Both intelligences classroom format can be found most often