www.mslaw.edu What is the MI theory? Howard Gardner, author of Five Minds for the Future, discussed his multiple intelligence theory on the television show Books of Our Time with host Lawrence R. Velvel (visit Velvel’s blog at www.velvelonnationalaffairs.com), Dean of the Massachusetts School of Law. Gardner discusses his belief that one’s intelligence cannot be categorized as simply smart, average, or dumb. He suggests that such terms are far too generic as each individual is the combination of what he calls multiple intelligences (MI). He suggests that each skill that one is good or bad at, whether chess or academic pursuits, is a separate intelligence and should be observed as such. Gardner’s theory revolutionizes the human perception of intelligence. Watch the whole interview at
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@iBabyBrewer It’s spelled genius
@PATSICK
Chinese are smarter than white Europeans?! And just how do you plan on justifying a claim like that? Give me a break…
Videos like this present a serious ethical problem. It tells teachers to spend their valuable time using a concept (MI) that has never been shown to improve student learning. That MI has no support is widely known, and this information is easily available to any responsible, diligent adult. What’s the difference between: a) recommending an unsupported concept to folks with real educational needs and, b) a doctor giving only sugar pills to a patient who could benefit from proven medicine?
@PATSICK I would love to see some evidence for your claims. I do not think IQ or any other standardized test can measure anyones “intelligence.” As was said in the video some people may exhibit other sorts of intelligence. Primarily, I think what causes people to perceive women (and asians) to do better in school is their emphasis on graphoria, aka pen and paper speed. I have sources: look up johnson occonor, or viability of IQ to find out more.
Read, “The Bell Shaped Curve”; a book title. Then you will have one bit of your propaganda package debunked. 60% of what you believe is the result of paid propaganda.
This is an elaborate, artificial and false attempt to solve the “problem” of the African Americans who test at IQ90; on many, many tests. It’s much worse in Africa. If you’re a card carrying socialist liberal and you don’t like the results of Darwinian Evolution, and they don’t; you can just keep arguing. It’s all bullshit. My IQ 145, SAT 800 out of 800, in 1959 before they dumbed down the test. You’ve been lied to all your life; they are not equal. Chinese are smarter than white Europeans.
Interesting. On the subject of math I was terrible at doing sums in my head, but yet give me a calculator and some basic understanding of rules and I was able to problem solve my way out of ridiculous situations, something my teacher would often say.
Humanity fails.
@iBabyBrewer if you mean it as a compliment thank you, if a remark i suppose i could be but i find myself to be smarter then the rest or at least a common knowledge base.
@chudaluver1 so i assume you are a genious?
@originaltbyrd they were only a complete asshole because they were more intelligent then you which made you jealous and you were a total irrelevancy to such person.
@chrismca
*shrug* Most of what they already teach is flawed anyway, so why not use school as a place to throw ideas around and give kids the chance to do this kind of research themselves?
@LeeMIlby Legitimate ideas about education are put “out there” by presentations at juried conferences and peer-reviewed journals. This is a very important process as it allows folks who have no financial interest – but do have great expertise in the proposed idea – to help the most valid, worthy ideas get into text books and teacher-training curricula. Note that this is exactly what is missing from MI “theory.” Another sign of pseudoscience.
Instead, children deserve effective teaching.
@LeeMIlby Legitimate ideas about education are put “out there” by presentations at juried conferences and peer-reviewed journals. This is a very important process as it allows folks who have no financial interest – but do have great expertise in the proposed idea – to help the most valid, worthy ideas get into text books and teacher-training curricula. Note that this is exactly what is missing from MI “theory.”
Our school children deserve effective teaching not pseudoscience.
@LeeMIlby Legitimate ideas about education are put “out there” by presentations at juried conferences and peer-reviewed journals. This is a very important process as it allows folks who have no financial interest – but do have great expertise in the proposed idea – to help the most valid, worthy ideas get into text books and teacher-training curricula. Note that this is exactly what is missing from MI “theory.”
Our school children deserve effective teaching not pseudoscience.
@chrismca
Hmm real motivation? Maybe to get his ideas out there? If nobody reads the book then that means the ideas don’t spread. All science today needs these gimmicks to get attention, from proving string theory in quantum physics to exploring time travel/special relativity. That’s why stuff like that always has a cool and dynamic name.
@PeterAnimator You’re right, it is brilliant. I once asked Gardner why he called his book “Multiple Intelligences” He told me, “If I’d called it multiple abilities, it would have sold zero copies.” That certainly tells us a lot about his real motivation.
Note that a financial interest in the spread of an idea is one of the hallmarks of pseudoscience. What I love MI is using it to teach about pseudoscience, it’s a nearly perfect example.
Any statement from a human talking about humanity is flawed, for humans are flawed.
@kiki201022 he used the term missile as a ballistic in any form… as in a bullet, or a rock…