Learning Preferences/ Multiple Intelligences

1. Career Management Objective 1.01 Learning Preferences/ Multiple Intelligences

2. The 9 Intelligences: • Verbal-Linguistic • Mathematical-Logical • Musical • Visual-Spatial • Bodily-Kinesthetic • Interpersonal • Intrapersonal • Naturalist • Existential

4. Theory • All human beings possess ALL NINE intelligences in varying amounts. • The multiple intelligences can be nurtured and strengthened or ignored and weakened.

5. Purpose of Multiple Intelligence Tests: • When students understand the balance of their own multiple intelligences they begin: • To manage their own learning • To value their individual strengths

6. Verbal-linguistic: Behaviors • Writes/tells stories • Enjoys word games • Effective speaker • Careers: • Author • Journalist • Lawyer • Public speaker • Famous Linguistics: • Abraham Lincoln • Tom Clancy Ways to improve this intelligence: • Read… a lot! • Practice speaking in public • Write a poem or story

7. Logical-Mathematical: Behaviors • Often asks questions • Enjoys number/logic games • Organizes • Careers: • Accountant • Computer Programmer • Engineer • Scientist • Famous Logicians: • Albert Einstein • John Maynard Keynes, economist Ways to improve this intelligence: • Predict the ending to movies/stories • Play games involving patterns • Practice math word problems

8. Visual-Spatial Behaviors • Draws or builds models • Enjoys or builds models • Is able to visualize things easily • Careers: • Illustrator • Artist • Architect • Craftsman • Famous Visualists: • Frank Lloyd Wright, architect • Walt Disney, cartoonist Ways to improve intelligence: • Draw a picture from memory • Illustrate a story • Build a model of someplace

9. Bodily-Kinesthetic Behaviors • Plays sports • Enjoys physical games • Uses hands or body while talking • Careers: • Dancer • Actor • Sculptor • Athlete/Coach • Famous Kinesthetists: • Michael Jordan, pro basketball player • Alvin Ailey, choreographer Ways to improve this intelligence: • Take a dance class • Play a sport • Exercise

10. Musical Behaviors • Can sing or play an instrument • Enjoys musical or rhythmic games • Appreciates classical music • Careers: • Composer • Singer • Music critic • Famous Musicians: • Eric Clapton, guitarist • John Williams, composer and director Ways to improve this intelligence: • listen for the rhythm of natural sounds • Practice playing an instrument

11. Interpersonal Behaviors • Makes friends easily • Enjoys interaction games • Shows leadership • Careers: • Politician • Teacher • Psychologist • Evangelist • Famous Interpersonalists: • Sigmund Freud, psychologist • John F. Kennedy, U.S. President Ways to improve this intelligence: • concentrate on people’s body language • Play role-playing games

12. Intrapersonal Behaviors • Follows hunches or instincts • Enjoys individual games • Expresses confidence in self • Careers: • Counselor • Social worker • Religious leader • Famous Intrapersonalists: • Mother Teresa, missionary • Martin Luther King Jr. Ways to improve this intelligence: • Start a diary • Concentrate on your feelings during the day

13. Naturalist Behaviors • Likes animals • Enjoys outdoor games • Effective speaker • Careers: • Zoologist • Conservationist • Park Ranger • Famous Intrapersonalists: • Charles Darwin, biologist • Diane Fossey, primate researcher Ways to improve this intelligence: • Start a collection of bugs & leaves • Go camping or hiking for a weekend • Get a pet