Ideas, thoughts and theories

As I read the blog postings from Bill Kerr (http://billkerr2.blogspot.com/2007/01/isms-as-filter-not-blinker.html), Stephen Downes, and Karl Kapp (http://karlkapp.blogspot.com/2007/01/out-and-about-discussion-on-educational.html) on cognitivism and behaviorism, I could not do anything else than to agree with them and reflect upon my own thoughts.  Nothing could be sounder than Kapp’s (2007) expression: “what we need to is take the best from each philosophy and use it wisely to create solid educational experiences for our learners.”

As I reflected upon the questions they pose, the term multiple intelligences came to my mind.  According to Gardner's Theory of Multiple Intelligences (http://www.multipleintelligencetheory.co.uk/), each human being is capable of processing information in eight relatively independent forms, with individuals differing from one another in the specific profile of intelligences that they exhibit (Sag, R., Savas, B., &; Celik-Kayapinar, F., 2009).

A whirlwind of ideas and thoughts come to my mind... Can we integrate the principles of one theory with other theories?  How do the constructivist and the behaviorist theories can be adapted to each one of the multiple intelligences?  Ideas, thoughts and theories... What do you think?

References:

Kapp, K. (2007).  Kapp Notes: Out and About: Discussion on Educational Schools.  Retrieved from http://karlkapp.blogspot.com/2007/01/out-and-about-discussion-on-educational.htm

Sag, R., Savas, B., & Celik-Kayapinar, F.  (2009).  Abstract Proceedings of the 1st International Conference of Living Theorists Howard Gardner.  Retrieved from http://makusem.mehmetakif.edu.tr/howardgardner/images/abstracts.pdf