Frames of Mind: The Theory of Multiple Intelligences
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“There’s a book I recommend for everybody: It’s Howard Gardner’s Frames of Mind. It has helped me immensely.” – Robert Greene, author of The 48 Laws of Power
What do we mean when we call someone smart? That they are good at math and got a high score on the SAT? That they learn languages easily? Those traits might be what comes to mind first: they are what underly psychology’s classic definition of intelligence, and what we are told in school that a smart person can do. But they are not the whole story.
As Howard Gardner argues in the groundbreaking classic Frames of Mind, to limit our understanding of intelligence to “book smarts” misses much of what makes human beings amazing. Someone who plays an instrument well is exhibiting intelligence. So, too, someone who knows how to do physical comedy—is their mastery of their movements and the space around them not brilliant? And to have a profound knowledge of their own self, their relationships with others, and relationships between others, too, is to show great intelligence as well.
Gardner calls this the theory of multiple intelligences. But this isn’t just a book for intellectuals who want to argue about what intelligence is, or educators debating how to teach. It is for each of us. In an era of teaching to the test, and increasingly powerful artificial intelligence, Gardner’s work is a celebration of all the ways there are to be huma
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The most complete account of the theory and application of Multiple Intelligences available anywhere. Designed to appeal to a wide readership, Truth, Beauty, and Goodness Reframed is an approachable primer on the foundations of ethics in the modern age. From a pioneering psychologist and education expert, a sweeping examination of how great leaders harness the power of stories. Merging cognitive science with educational agenda, Gardner makes an eloquent case for restructuring our schools by showing just how ill-suited our minds and natural patterns of learning are to the prevailing modes of education.
Publisher : Basic Books; 3rd edition (March 29, 2011)
Language : English
Paperback : 528 pages
ISBN-10 : 0465024335
ISBN-13 : 978-0465024339
Reading age : 13 years and up
Lexile measure : 1420L
Grade level : 11 and up
Item Weight : 2.31 pounds
Dimensions : 6 x 1.5 x 9.25 inches
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rhonda woodhouse –
Great content!
Great company to my heart of hearts! A book to hold onto for so many reasons that makes sense of FRAMES OF MINDS in my world!
Amazon Customer –
very interesting insight
The idea of multiple intelligence is incredible! Reading it, I was able to see my giftedness is mathematical-logical. I also realized to be successful, people triangulate through their top three or so intelligences. Just one alone isnât enough to be successful in the world. And knowing the intelligences, you can look at individuals and see the ones theyâre good at and triangulated through.Having said that, itâs an extremely dull read. Wish he would re-write the book for mass consumption. 20% of the book has the value. Iâm going to see his other books and see if heâs written one focused just on understanding the intelligences better rather than all this other stuff thatâs in this book. I just want to go deep on the intelligences, and get a better understanding of them.
Diego Zlotogora –
Intelligence: the other approach
This book describes the theory of Multiple Intelligences (MI) and was written in 1983 by its developer: Howard Gardner. According to him, there is no such concept as ‘intelligence’ but many fields in which you can be more or less intelligent. These ‘intelligences’ are basically seven: linguistic, musical, logical-mathematical, spatial, bodily-kinesthetic and personal. Each of them is developed to a certain degree in all human beings, except in those who are impaired due to an accident or a genetic disease. And these are particularly the cases that Gardner uses to prove his theory, by gathering data of individuals that, for example, in spite of being autistic, show an incredible musical talent or those individuals with meager abilities in most areas but display from early childhood an ability to calculate very rapidly and accurately.Of course that this approach challenges the widely accepted (in the US mostly) IQ scores, because it shows that these tests focus only in one of the multiple intelligences,logical-mathematical in this case, and not all. So, they reach to a wrong conclusion of the individual’s potential.
Veronica Renee –
I bought this based on Robert Greene recommendation.
I bought this book trying to expand my knowledge. But wow this book is hard to keep on with. I am trying though. This book is worth a read if you’re ready for a challenge on your vocabulary. It is more difficult than the 48laws of power.
Gerald Michaud –
FRAMES OF MIND By Howard Garner is a great book.
FRAMES OF MIND the theory of multiple intelligences by the author Howard Garner is a book people need to read to reconize the differents ability or IQ ,and the bodily languages from people or them. It deserve 5 stars.
Whynotthis –
Insightful Conclusions That Are Worth The Read
In this book Gardner seeks to change the notion of intelligence as a single inherited trait that can be measured solely by a paper and pencil test such as an IQ test. In this endeavor, he methodically defines several types of autonomous intelligences including linguistic intelligence, musical intelligence, logical-mathematical intelligence, spatial intelligence, bodily-kinesthetic intelligence, and the personal intelligences. These intelligences are common to all of us, where are unique talents develop are from the multiplicities of ways these intelligences can combine.With the first edition printed in 1983, some vocabulary and research used in the analysis might be out of date, yet the principles remain completely relevant. The read maybe technical at times but the conclusions are insightful, and it is worth the effort. Despite the wide growth and application of the framework within education, culturally there is room to improve in identifying talents and supporting growth in areas beyond traditional thoughts about intelligence.
Babee Pretty –
Knowledge
Great book
Jiang Xueqin –
Disappointing
Howard Gardner’s idea of multiple intelligences is both ground-breaking and illuminating, and has caused a paradigm shift in both Western psychology and education. However, this book is disjointed and disorganized, and can be at times incoherent and chaotic.Gardner is not a great writer, and like most academics tends to love his own voice too much, and so this book is much too verbose and long.I think Gardner’s idea would be much stronger and much more relevant if he just focused on showing the reductive and over-simplistic nature of Western society’s definition of intelligence. By developing his “multiple intelligence” argument he merely substitutes one reductive and over-simplistic worldview with that of the other.
Munzhedzi –
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Humberto M. –
Don’t get me wrong, frames of mind is a must read if you’re into that kind of subjects but it was quite boring for me. The actual “types of intelligence” are just 6 chapters, and the rest is like brainwashing about him him and more him. He writes a lot about how the world have used the book on education among others things. But some chapters are “according to X author…. (insert several pages of what the author says)” and this repeats all book long. There are some chapters about the opposite views of the book, and it’s like hearing a child complaining about other people. It feels like a college textbook. So as i said, if you’re not really interested in this kind of topics, an online summary would be sufficient.
Josué Pereira da Silva Junior –
O livro é bom, mas minhas expectativas estavam bastante altas e paguei 56 reais por um livro com qualidade de impressão fraca e capa de papel mole. Não é tão revolucionário quanto se espera e o termo “conjunto de habilidades” sem dúvida é mais apropriado do que o termo inteligências aplicado no livro para descrever múltiplas inteligências. O livro inteligência emocional por exemplo, do Daniel Goleman, é muito melhor e vale mais a pena.
Joseph Alexander –
Anyone who has a school education should read it ! We can understand the different intelligence that people posses. All of us are not meant to be doctors or engineers! Each of us have unique abilities and should be free to follow our dreams .
colin benjamin –
Gardner continues to provide access to his insights in to the multiplier forms of intelligence and a tour de force on the.construction of thinking about mind frames that enrich our mind soaces