Proposed by noted American developmental psychologist Howard Gardener in 1983, seven types intelligence now have extended to nine types, namely, bodily-kinesthetic (body smartness); spatial-visual (picture smartness); linguistic or verbal (word smartness); logical-mathematical (numbers and reasoning smart); interpersonal (people smart); musical (sound smartness); intrapersonal (self smart); existential (life smartness).
Often, the learning style of children with intra-personal and existential types of intelligence is totally ignored in educational institutions due to proper lack of proper teacher development and social pedagogy of the institution.
There is a need to respect the respect the diversity of learners and making teachers literate on intrapersonal type of intelligence and train them in techniques to promote this learning style.
Individuals with early-developed intrapersonal intelligence due to incidental socio-pedagogical experiences have the following characteristics expressed as an ABC verse.
ABC verse on intrapersonal intelligence
ABCs of intrapersonal intelligence
A. Assessing own potentials and strengths along working quietly on developing them through self-help
B. Being aware of their own emotions and feelings or being high on self-awareness skills to make their use for self-development
C. Centering learning on self-motivation and life on self-discipline
D. Diminishing interest in and dependence on outer world with selectivity for like-minded people
E. Evolving through self-reflection, introspection, action research, theorising, philosophizing, creating mental imagery, day-dreaming, ideating, intuitiveness and self-actualization
When respected as a learner-diversity and guided properly, they have the potential to turn into great thinkers, philosophers, authors, poets, theoreticians and scientists.
References
Kishore, L. (2020), Deem education sacred duty for developing multiple intelligences of children including spiritual intelligence. 25/8/2020, https://www.speakingtree.in/blog/deem-education-sacred-duty-for-developing-multiple-intelligences-of-children-including-spiritual-intelligence
Kishore, Lalit. A PEDAGOGIC EXPERIMENT IN PHYSICS AND LANGUAGE-ART LINKAGE THROUGH ACROSTIC VERSES AT THE HIGH SCHOOL LEVEL: AN ACTION RESEARCH. http://episteme4.hbcse.tifr.res.in/proceedings/strand-ii-cognitive-and-affective-studies-of-stme/kishore
Kishore, L (2021) Teaching kids about hummingbird for multiple intelligence, 14/3/2021. https://lalitculp.wixsite.com/website/post/teaching-kids-about-hummingbird-for-multiple-intelligence
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