The 9 Types of Intelligence
Credits: Adioma Blog
That is what school beat into us by putting certain types of intelligence on a pedestal and ignoring other types. If you are not good at math or language, you might still be gifted at other things but it was not called “intelligence”. Why? In 1983 an American developmental psychologist, Howard Gardner, described 9 types of intelligence: Naturalist (nature smart)Musical (sound smart)Logical-mathematical (number/reasoning smart)Existential (life smart)Interpersonal (people smart)Bodily-kinesthetic(body smart)Linguistic (word smart)Intra-personal (self smart)
That is what school beat into us by putting certain types of intelligence on a pedestal and ignoring other types. If you are not good at math or language, you might still be gifted at other things but it was not called “intelligence”. Why? In 1983 an American developmental psychologist, Howard Gardner, described 9 types of intelligence: Naturalist (nature smart)Musical (sound smart)Logical-mathematical (number/reasoning smart)Existential (life smart)Interpersonal (people smart)Bodily-kinesthetic(body smart)Linguistic (word smart)Intra-personal (self smart)
