Multiple Intelligences: The Theory In Practice, A Reader

Howard Gardner’s brilliant conception of individual competence is changing the face of education today. In the ten years since the publication of his seminal Frames of Mind, thousands of educators, parents, and researchers have explored the practical implications of Multiple Intelligences (MI) theory—the powerful notion that there are separate human capacities, ranging from musical intelligence to the intelligence involved in understanding oneself. Multiple Intelligences: The Theory in Practice brings together previously published and original work by Gardner and his colleagues at Project Zero to provide a coherent picture of what we have learned about the educational applications of MI theory from projects in schools and formal research over the last decade.

Contents

Introduction

I. THE THEORY OF MULTIPLE INTELLIGENCES
Introductory note
1. In a Nutshell
2. A Rounded Version (with Joseph Walters)
3. Questions and Answers about Multiple Intelligences Theory (with Joseph Walters)
4. The Relation of Intelligence to Other Valued Human Capacities

II. EDUCATING THE INTELLIGENCES
Introductory note
5. A School of the Future (with Tina Blythe)
Interlude. The Two Rhetorics of School Reform: Complex Theories versus the Quick Fix
6. The Emergence and Nurturance of Multiple Intelligences in Early Childhood: The project Spectrum Approach (with Mara Krechevsky)
7. The Elementary Years: The Project Approach in the Key School Setting
8. Approaching School Intelligently: Practical Intelligence at the Middle School Level (with Mara Krechevsky)
9. Disciplined Inquiry in the High School: An Introduction to Arts PROPEL
Interlude. On Implementing Educational Programs: Obstacles and Opportunities.

III. ASSESSMENT AND BEYOND: THE COMPONENTS OF AN MI EDUCATION
Introductory note
10. Assessment in Context: The Alternative to Standardized Testing
Interlude. A Portfolio Approach to College Admissions
11. Beyond Assessment: The Aims and Means of Educational

IV. THE FUTURE OF WORK ON MULTIPLE INTELLIGENCES
Introductory note
12. Intelligences in Seven Phases
13. Engaging Intelligence (with Mindy Kornhaber and Mara Krechevsky)
Epilogue. Multiple Intelligences Theory in 2013

APPENDICES
A. Acknowledgements, References, Collaborators and Funders
B. Related Articles Authored or Coauthored by Howard Gardner
C. Other Works about the Theory of Multiple Intelligences
D. Workshop Presentations

Name Index
Subject Index