D.russell-bowie 1 MMADD about the Arts: Chapter 8 Introduction to the MULTIPLE INTELLIGENCES.

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MMADD about the Arts: Chapter 8

Introductionto the

MULTIPLE INTELLIGENCES


• Not: • How SMART are you?• BUT• HOW are you smart?

• Every child is 100% Intelligent


• 8 primary intelligences, • An individual may excel in one, two or

even three of these, but nobody is good at them all.

• The same rule applies to a child prodigy or mentally/physically disadvantaged person. – Eg.A brain damaged child could have a

severely impaired use of language, but be able to paint or play music magnificently.

• (http://www.multipleintelligencetheory.co.uk/)


• Linguistic Intelligence• Logical - Mathematical• Visual - Spatial• Musical• Bodily - Kinaesthetic• Intrapersonal• Interpersonal• Naturalistic

– As we give an overview of each intelligence, think about yourself, your family and friends and try to work out which is their strongest intelligences


• Verbal-Linguistic Intelligence:• The ability to use language to excite,

please, convince, stimulate or convey information

•Those with this intelligence are people who:• Love stories, jokes and riddles• Enjoy word games• Spend time reading• Can spell easily• Enjoy crosswords• Can read and write well


• Visual-Spatial intelligence• The ability to perceive and mentally manipulate a

form or object, and to perceive and create tension, balance and composition in a visual or spatial display

• Those with this intelligence are people who:– Enjoy art and craft activities– Act in plays– Have a clear picture of things– Enjoy jigsaws and mazes,– Enjoy photos and videos– Like to draw and create

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Collage: Mathematical knowledge to create symmetrical images using two contrasted coloured papers.

Kite making: Learning about Science, Art, Maths, History, Geography, different countries and cultures; Part of a topic on flight, wind, air, symmetry etc. Involves working together using different materials, using manual and artistic skills.

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• Bodily - Kinaesthetic Intelligence• The ability to use fine and gross motor skills in sports,

the performing arts or arts and crafts production• Those with this intelligence are people who:

– Like dancing / like athletics– Use body language to send messages– Like to be active – Like to touch– Enjoy acting and role playing– Like fixing things


• Logical-Mathematical Intelligence • The ability to explore patterns, categories

and relationships by manipulating objects or symbols and to experiment in a controlled, orderly way.

Those with this intelligence are people who:• Enjoy patterns and collections of things• Love brain teasers and computer games• Play with and think about numbers• Solve problems with maths• Devise experiments to test out things

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Making instruments and writing the recipe down logically

Reading, writing and playing graphic scores and notations

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• Interpersonal Intelligence• The ability to understand and get along with

others• Those with this intelligence are people who:

– Make friends easily– Like to be with other people– Love cooperative games– Enjoy group problem solving

– Feel a lot for others


Working together to:

Write and play music;

Dramatise a book they have read;

Create a collage for Science,

Create a dance to explore emotions

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• Intrapersonal Intelligence• The ability to gain access to and understand

one’s inner feelings, dreams and ideas.• Those with this intelligence are people who:

– Enjoy their own company– Like imagining things– Have a strong opinion or

feeling about things– Keep a diary – Like hobbies– Motivate themselves to do projects


Working individually to:

Create a clay character out of a storybook;

Make up a song using five given notes;

Create a solo dance representing an illustration in a book;

Give an individual verbal report on an HSIE topic

Intrapersonal Intelligence

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• Naturalistic Intelligence• The ability to use the natural world as a means to

view the rest of the world and to help them organise their own world

• Those with this intelligence are people who:– Are observant– Enjoy identifying and classifying– Prefer to work outdoors– Enjoy categorising to find connections– Enjoy recognising and devising

patterns in their work


Using nature as stimulus for:

Visual arts Media

Movement and Music

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• Musical Intelligence :• The ability to enjoy, perform or

compose a musical piece• Those with this intelligence are people who:

– Love to sing, hum, chant and rap

– Enjoy music– Remember melodies– Listen to music / perform

music– Play instruments /

make instruments– Keep time rhythmically to

music


Revising the 7 Multiple Intelligences (before Naturalistic was added!) using Musical IntelligenceTo the tune Botany Bay:

Let’s look at the seven intelligences,There’s Logic and Maths, think it through,There’s Linguistic, with books and with poetry,And Musical intelligence, too.There’s Spatial with maps, charts and pictures,There’s Bodily / Kinaesthetic, let’s move!There’s Inter-personal, with you and me,And Intra-personal with just me!

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• How are YOU smart?– Check your own Intelligences Profile– Use other web-based MI tests

• http://www.bgfl.org/bgfl/custom/resources_ftp/client_ftp/ks3/ict/multiple_int/questions/choose_lang.cfm

• http://www.businessballs.com/howardgardnermultipleintelligences.htm#multiple%20intelligences%20tests

– Also have your pupils use them so they can take ownership of their own learning


• Teachers tend to teach using their own preferred intelligences

• Be aware of this• Plan to include ALL intelligences

in children’s learning experiences• Use the creative arts to cover the

multiple intelligences


• Through involvement in all the art forms:

Music • Dance • Drama • Visual Arts children can learn using their

preferred intelligences.


• If a child is not learning the way you are teaching, then you must teach in the way the child learns.How can YOU use the Multiple Intelligences in the classroom to enhance learning for ALL children?


• Take a children’s book/ story• Work out how to include all 8

intelligences so all children can learn THEIR way

• In so doing, all Creative Arts should be covered and integrated

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For further information, see Chapter 8 in MMADD: About the Arts: An introduction to Primary Arts Education by Deirdre Russell-Bowie, published by Pearson Education Australia

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