Bodily-Kinesthetic Intelligence

Bodily-Kinesthetic Intelligence

Harvard University professor and author of many books and articles Howard Gardner (1983 ) changed our views about intelligence forever when he proposed in his famous book , Frames of Mind : The Theory of Multiple Intelligences , that there are actually seven kinds of intelligences as opposed to the singular type of genetic intelligence that had built the foundation of the Stanford-Binet IQ Test . According to Gardner 's theory of multiple intelligences , it is possible for a child to be a genius in terms of interpersonal intelligence , and a nerd in logical-mathematical

intelligence , and yet fail in school because his or her greatest strength lies in a high level of bodily-kinesthetic awareness and the teacher of the pupil does not know how the child must be taught with special reference to his or her principal abilities . Thomas Armstrong the author of Multiple Intelligences in the Classroom , states that children with a higher than usual degree of bodily-kinesthetic intelligence should be taught spelling , for example , by associating it with movement . As an example , a teacher might try to connect sitting with consonants and standing with vowels (Willingham , 2004 . Indeed Gardner 's theory of multiple intelligences has led not only to new ideas like the one put forth by Armstrong , but it has also led to a revolution in the study of intelligence

In his groundbreaking book , Frames of Mind , Gardner discussed the following seven kinds of intelligences that the academic world was especially required to pay attention to for student evaluations as well as teaching (that is , for special learning styles based on specific kinds of intelligences (1 ) linguistic intelligence , described as a sensitivity to the meaning and of words (2 logical-mathematical intelligence , or the ability in mathematics and other complex logical systems ' such as software programming (3 musical intelligence , which is the ability to

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understand and create music (4 ) spatial intelligence , defined as the ability to `think in pictures ' to perceive the visual world accurately , and recreate (or alter ) it in the mind or on (5 bodily-kinesthetic intelligence , or the ability to use one 's body in a skilled way , for self-expression or toward a goal (6 ) interpersonal intelligence , also called social intelligence , which is an ability to perceive and understand other individuals - their moods , desires , and motivations ' and finally (7 ) intrapersonal intelligence or an understanding of one 's own emotions ' via introspection (Guignon , 1998 Also according to Frames of Mind , an individual does not have to possess all of the above seven intelligences in to be smart Rather , anybody who possesses and /or expresses a higher than usual level of a particular type of intelligence happens to be smart in her or her own way

The body smart people , according to Gardner 's theory , are those who possess and /or express a higher level of awareness with respect to the use of the body . Gerald Grow explains Gardner 's bodily-kinesthetic intelligence theory further

The core elements of the bodily-kinesthetic intelligence are control of one...