加德纳认为,每个人与生俱来都在某种程度上拥有多种智力潜能,环境和教育对于能否使这些智能得到开发和培育有着重要作用,每一种智能通过恰当的教育和训练都可以发展到更高的水平。个体间智力的差异在于智能的不同组合,一个人有很高的某一种智能,却不一定有同样程度的其他智能,教育的起点不在于一个人有多么聪明,多元智能理论在教育界受到关注的理由是它从心理学的角度阐述了学生与生俱来就不相同,他们没有相同的心理倾向,也没有完全相同的智力,但具有自己的智力强项,有自己的学习风格。因此,加德纳的多元智能理论的提出,不仅对整个教育领域有着深刻的影响,而且对初中科学教育改革有着诸多的启示。 Gardner believes that each person is born with a certain degree of intellectual potential. Environment and education play an important role in whether these intelligences can be developed and nurtured. Each type of intelligence is properly educated and trained. All can reach a higher level. The difference in intelligence between individuals lies in the different combinations of intelligence. A person has a certain high level of intelligence, but not necessarily the same level of other intelligence. The starting point of education is not how smart a person is. The theory of multiple intelligences is affected by education. The reason for concern is that it states from the perspective of psychology that students are born differently. They do not have the same psychological tendencies and do not have exactly the same intelligence, but they have their own intellectual strengths and their own learning styles. Therefore, Gardner’s theory of multiple intelligences not only has a profound impact on the entire field of education, but also has many implications for the reform of junior high school science education.