The Contributions of Human Intelligence Studies to Sport Pedagogy

Abstract

Based on the work of Howard Gardner, the author of the Multiple Intelligence Theory (IM), and through research we have carried out in this field, we attempt at understanding intelligence in a different manner from the one proposed by the classic models. We argue that the understanding of a pluralist view on the human mind inspires a pedagogy of singularity in which teaching involves recognizing students’ multiple ways of learning. We also highlight the responsibility of physical education teachers in allowing for different ways of teaching a certain content or a type of sport. In this article we offer a few contributions which aim at improving pedagogical propositions on how to teach sports.

Keywords: intelligence – learning – sport pedagogy