Multiple intelligences in college

Abstract

Multiple intelligences are widely used in Higher Education and are based on in-depth research carried out by the North American psychologist Howard Gardner, who studied the development of intelligences mainly in children and published the books: Structure of the mind in 1983, The mind does not school in 1991, Multiple Intelligences in 1995 and Intelligence reformulated in 1999. The challenge of this research was to contribute to the analysis of university practices and the improvement of Higher Education in the country, from the applicability of multiple intelligences by university students. The study has a mixed approach and uses Bibliographic, Descriptive and Field research to, using the interview and survey, generate statistical data that give answers to problems raised in the following questions: how do multiple intelligences apply in university practice Ecuadorian? And how do multiple intelligences contribute to the dynamism and development of future professionals? Based on the evaluation of the eight multiple intelligences proposed by Gardner (Linguistic, Musical, Spatial, Logical-Mathematical, Kinesthetic - Corporal, Interpersonal, Intrapersonal and Naturalistic Intelligence) and the binding analysis of university student practices, it was concluded that they they are closely related to academic training and, to a large extent, professional success depends on their empowerment in Higher Education.