Chapter 14

There is always so much discussion about MI theory and its focus on the 8 intelligences its a little shocking to think and discuss the idea of a ninth one. Not at all a really new idea ( relatively speaking of course), but its something worth consideration. Existential intelligence is really something of its own. It manages to meet a fair amoung of the criteria of an intelligence. It is a tricky thing in that although it can be used in discussing a lot of "gray area" topics in the educational field, it doesn't need to. It can be worked with, and really dig into a students thoughts without getting into materials that could lead to problems.'

We all felt that, although its not yet a "true" intelligence, existential intelligence is something worth considering for our futures. We all could see ways to apply it to our different subject areas, albiet it not necessarily on a regular basis. For math there is the discussion of abstraction and imaginary numbers, for literature there are many books that can be delved into including existential works.