"Knowledge is not the same as morality, but we need to understand if we are to avoid past mistakes and move in productive directions. An important part of that understanding is knowing who we are and what we can do
" (Gardner, 1999 ch1, p1-3)
Howard Gardner's developed theory of multiple intelligences has been a positive and influential contribution to the study of education and learning. Gardner's theory has enabled researchers and educators to alter and rethink their views regarding an individual's intelligence and ultimately what factors may contribute to the educating of specific individual intelligences. Based on Gardner's theory of multiple intelligences, there are seven identified areas of intelligence. These include: linguistic, logical-mathematical, musical, bodily-kinaesthetic, spatial, interpersonal and interpersonal.
Gardner's further research clarifies that every individual possesses the seven different areas of intelligence, but depending on each different......
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