Chapter 10 - Do it in style

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  Linguistic intelligence as the ability to speak or write well - highly developed in such people as Winston Churchill, John. F. Kennedy and all brilliant writers.
  Logical-mathematical intelligence as the ability to reason, calculate and handle logical thinking - highly developed in such people as Bertrand Russell and Singapore's most outstanding leader, Lee Kuan Yew.
  Visual-spatial intelligence as the ability to paint, take great photographs or create sculpture.
  Bodily-kinesthetic intelligence as the ability to use one's hands or body - epitomized in sports achievers and great actors.
  Musical intelligence as the ability to compose songs, sing and play instruments.
  Interpersonal intelligence - what we would prefer to call "social" intelligence - as the ability to relate to others.
  And intrapersonal intelligence as the ability to access one's inner feelings.*
  The difference is much more than semantics. Children early in life are still being herded into the mythical "gifted" and "non-gifted" streams or tracks based largely on testing in only two traits.
  We believe Gardner's findings6 have vital importance in planning the future of education. Every child is a potentially gifted child - but often in many different ways. Every person, too, has his or her own preferred learning style, working style and temperament. Back in 1921, Swiss psychiatrist Carl Jung outlined how people perceived things differently. He classified them as feelers, thinkers, sensors or intuitors. Jung was, as far as we know, the first to classify people also as either introverts or extroverts. It's unfortunate that many of Jung's perspectives were dropped by 1930 and relatively ignored until recently.
  We all know people who embody many of the concepts he defined, and New Zealand professor of theology Lloyd Geering has summarized them in his excellent book In The World Today,7 which seeks to bridge the gap between religion and science:
  The extroverted thinkers, who abound in management, military

* As touched on elsewhere, Howard Gardner has more recently postulated an eighth intelligence: "naturalist" intelligence. Other writers, including British management consultant and professor Charles Handy, say there are many more, including "common sense".

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