Multiple Intelligences As The Revolution For The Concept Of Intelligence

Abstract

People, parents, and teachers in an educational institution often conceive that intelligence can only be seen through academic scores and
formal test results such as getting the high score or being the highest student in the classroom. This conception is out of date and superficial
as the concept of intelligence is broad and has undergone some changes due to the appearance of multiple intelligences theory proposed by
a Psychologist from Harvad University. Intelligence is not limited to formal test only; it is multidimensional and the process of discovering
one‟s competence. Multiple intelligences is the theory of intelligence which was pioneered by a psychologist from Harvard University who
suggests that everyone is intelligent and has tendency to posses an intelligence among eight dimensions of intelligences. The eight
dimensions of intelligences are linguistic intelligence, logical-mathematical intelligence, visual-spatial intelligence, bodily-kinesthetic
intelligence, musical intelligence, interpersonal intelligence, intrapersonal intelligence, naturalistic intelligence, and Existential - spiritual
intelligence.