Multiple Intelligences: New Horizons | by Howard Gardner | ISBN: 9780465047680. Multiple Intelligences Theory. How to Nurture Intelligences in Early Childhood. Eight Phases in the Study of Intelligence.
Monday, February 20th, 2012by Howard Gardner
ISBN:9780465047680
Providing a comprehensive overview of Multiple Intelligences (MI) theory, this book features material on global applications and on MI in the workplace, an assessment of MI practice in the current conservative educational climate, new evidence about brain functioning, and much more.
Multiple Intelligences: New Horizons in Theory and Practice
shipping_weight: 1.05 pounds
ASIN: 0465047688
Multiple Intelligences—New Horizons
Introduction
Part One – The Theory
Chapter 1 – In a Nutshell
Overview
What Constitutes an Intelligence?
The Original Set of Intelligences
Newly Identified Intelligences
The Unique Contributions of the Theory
Conclusion
Chapter 2 – The View after Twenty-five Years
Overview
Additional Intelligences
The Scientific Basis of MI Theory
Intelligences and Domains
The Three Meanings of Intelligence
Profiles of Intelligences
Concluding Note
Chapter 3 – Beyond Intelligence: Other Valued Human Capacities
Overview
A Framework for Analysis
The Framework and the Words
Traditional Psychological Approaches to the Giftedness Matrix
A Contemporary View of Intelligence and Related Matters
The Five-Year-Old: Indifferent to Domain and Field
The Ten-Year-Old: Mastering the Rules of the Domain
The Adolescent: At the Crossroads
The Mature Practitioner: Ensconced Somewhere on the Matrix of Giftedness
Educational Implications
Chapter 4 – The Bridge to Education
The Rorschach Test
First Actions
Three Key Educational Implications
Where MI Appeals and Where It Does Not
Chapter 5 – Frequently Asked Questions about Theory and Practice
Terminology
The Theory
Assessment
The Structure of Intelligences and Their Combination
Group Differences
Intelligence and the Life Course
Additional Topics
Further Resources
Part Two – Educational Perspectives
Chapter 6 – Nurturing Intelligences in Early Childhood
Overview
The Spectrum Approach to Assessment
Implementation of the Spectrum Approach
Initial Results
Working Styles
A Comparison of Views: Parents, Teachers, and Spectrum
A Comparison of Spectrum Results with the Stanford-Binet Intelligence Scale
Some Limitations and Long-Term Implications of Project Spectrum
A Preliminary Look at Follow-Up Data
Extensions of the Project Spectrum Approach
Chapter 7 – Projects during the Elementary Years
An MI School
Project Assessment
Project Scaffolding
Chapter 8 – Multiple Entry Points toward Disciplinary Understanding
Understanding: A Straightforward Goal for Education
How to Achieve and Demonstrate Understanding
Implications for Curriculum
Balancing Specialized and Comprehensive Knowledge: An Educational Challenge
Museums as Platforms for Performances of Understanding
Multiple Entry Points to Understanding
A Word About Special Populations
Chapter 9 – Disciplined Inquiry in High School: An Introduction to Arts PROPEL
Overview
The Theory of Multiple Intelligences
Alternative Accents in Arts Education
The Scene in Arts Education
The Project Zero Approach to Art Education
Arts PROPEL
Two Educational Vehicles
Chapter 10 – Assessment in Context: The Alternative to Standardized Testing
Overview
Binet, the Testing Society, and the “Uniform” View of Schooling
Sources for an Alternative Approach to Assessment
General Features of a New Approach to Assessment
Toward the Assessing Society
Part Three – New Vistas
Chapter 11 – Societal Contexts
Overview
Human Intelligence in Societal Perspective
A New Conception of Intelligence
Contemporary Postindustrial Society: Two Examples
The Need for a Social Framework
Enabling Intelligences by Contextualized Assessment
Chapter 12 – At the Workplace
The World of Education Meets the World of the Workplace
Multiple Intelligences in Rapidly Changing Work Contexts
Interactions Among Multiple Intelligences
Management
Four Vignettes
Conclusion
Chapter 13 – The Future
Eight Phases in the Study of Intelligence
Audiences for MI Theory
MI Tours the World
Lines of Further Study and Practice
Appendix A – Acknowledgments
Funders
Collaborators
Appendix B – Chapter Credits
Chapter 1. In a Nutshell
Chapter 2. The View After Twenty-five Years
Chapter 3. Beyond Intelligence: Other Valued Human Capacities
Chapter 5. Frequently Asked Questions About Theory and Practice
Chapter 6. Nurturing Intelligences in Early Childhood
Chapter 7. Projects During the Elementary Years
Chapter 9. Disciplined Inquiry in High School: An Introduction to Arts PROPEL
Chapter 10. Assessment in Context: The Alternative to Standardized Testing
Chapter 11. Societal Contexts
Appendix C – Works Related to Multiple Intelligences
Books by Howard Gardner About Multiple Intelligences
Selected Works About Multiple Intelligences Theory
Selected Works by Others About Multiple Intelligences Theory
Selected Works About Howard Gardner and/or Multiple Intelligences Theory
Other MI Materials
Appendix D – References
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