Análise das inteligências múltiplas: um estudo de caso no Museu de Ciência e Tecnologia da UNEB

Abstract

To analyze human intelligence in its entirety is to understand how it constitutes and how it is used in a society in constant transformation. You Traditional intelligence tests test the capabilities of individuals with basis of linguistics and logical reasoning. Recent studies in the field of psychology cognitive show that the individual develops different cognitive abilities,these were termed by the cognitive psychology theorist Howard Gardner as Multiple Intelligences, this theory shows that the individual can develop one or more cognitive abilities. For this study, it is relevant understand that education is the basis for the development process human intellectual, since the formal, non-formal and informal spaces of education are important vectors of knowledge. In this context, institutions non-formal education institutions, such as museums, are fundamental to the process of learning. These museum institutions have different typologies and these have ideological characteristics in common, however they have their specificities in the regarding its activities, in particular, the educational action carried out with the public, as the institution's collection is directly related to its typology. O This study aims to analyze the Science & Technology Museums,but specifically the UNEB Science & Technology Museum, its physical and functional characteristics and their educational actions towards the public.These have collections that allow the visitor to interact and obtain the knowledge. Thus, it is intended to analyze how Multiple Intelligences are or not performed and applied in these spaces by visitors whose based on the institution's collection.