Saturday, January 31, 2015

Howard Gardner's Visual-Spatial Intelligence



According to Howard Gardner, people who are mostly considered to have highly fostered spatial intelligence include engineers, surgeons, sculptors, visual artists and sailors. Their ability involves a perception to visualize what they see very precisely. On the other hand, these capabilities are not alike, for this reason most of them may be proficient at visual perception but they are not skilled enough to illustrate, sketch, as well as to imagine.

Typically, most of the people who are adept to spatial intelligence can formulate a patterned learning model, generate mental imagery and structure graphic representations of spatial information.

Each individual has the capacity to perceive the visual realm; but it is exceptionally significant on those people who are blind as they have no access to the visual world.

Spatial intelligence encompasses not only a mishmash of the capabilities as depicted by Gardner, but also other skills like inventiveness and utilization of motor movement. The principle of a sculptor, for instance, lies in visual-spatial intelligence. In creating any form of graphic art, a high level of compassion and understanding to its categorical acumen is prerequisite.