Chapter 14 MI: MI Theory and Existential Intelligence

Existential intelligence is “a concern with ultimate life issues” (182). Teaching this in the classroom could become a very touchy subject for the educator, the students, the administrators, as well as parents. However, in almost every subject you are able to apply the existential intelligence to it. Howard Gardner claims that this may be the 9th intelligence to the MI Theory. Personally, while I think it is a very interesting intelligence, I think that apply it into the classroom, while it may be very easy to do for some subjects, it may be a very sticky situation to get into. Just because it brings a lot of political issues along with it. However, it is a very cool intelligence to consider.