Study Skills for Higher Education: Howard Gardner's Theory of Multiple Intelligences and Teaching Methods

Study Skills for Higher
Education
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Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................3
MAIN BODY .................................................................................................................................3
Discuss the different intelligences outlined by this theory.........................................................3
Based on Gardner’s theory what teaching methods can teachers use to help students learn......6
CONCLUSION ...............................................................................................................................7
REFRENCES...................................................................................................................................8
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INTRODUCTION
Knowledge and skills has important perspective to play for developing human being in
terms of educational and professional terms. It is effective in terms of higher educational skills
and competencies that helps an individual towards growth in right direction. The concept is
related to teaching in a way that teachers concentrate over developing skills and capabilities of
students enabling them over attaining personal and professional goals that increase efficiency
and perfection within them. These skills helps an individual over making different career
development opportunists attain with academic development. This makes every student develop
abilities and learn things which is similar in nature. The essays is based upon various theories
given by Howard Gardner over Multiple Intelligence that is reflected by people having impact
over ability to learn and achieve their objectives. Further, teaching methods used by teacher over
developing learning has been discussed.
MAIN BODY
Discuss the different intelligences outlined by this theory
Howard Gardner’s Theory of Multiple Intelligences tells that no individual is born
intelligent and never will be. Under the theory different kinds of perspectives in terms of other
theories has been covered which is based upon perspective that not everyone has all intelligence
to perform determined task properly(Oc, 2018). Howard Gardner introduced eight types of
intelligence within the theory and they are Logical/Mathematical, Spatial, Bodily-Kinesthetic,
Musical, Interpersonal, Intra personal, and Naturalist. These intelligence helps over making
analysis which helps upon developing scientific discipline. Gardner has stated that individual
attaining intelligence which can be different on the basis of genes and experiences. These
theories of intelligence has been discussed as follows:
Linguistic verbal intelligence is the Howard Gardner’s Theory of Multiple Intelligences
which is based upon various sensitive issue which is based over spoken and written language and
having capacity of learning various languages and helping in accomplishing goals with
objectives in more effective way. These types of individuals are good over writing story, reading,
information and memorizing. Also there strength areas are word, language and writing that
makes communication ideas with the help of thoughts and information in the most effective way.
There are various characteristics of linguistic verbal intelligence people which is based over
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