Multiple Intelligenzen, multiple Perspektiven
Kommentar zu Rost: Multiple Intelligenzen, multiple Irritationen (2008)
Abstract
In Heft 2/2008 dieser Zeitschrift hat Rost Gardners Theorie der multiplen Intelligenzen (MI-Theorie) einer massiven, teilweise polemischen Kritik unterzogen. In diesem Beitrag üben wir Kritik an Rosts Kritik. Erstens bemängeln wir die Unausgewogenheit, mit der er die MI-Theorie dem Leser präsentiert; seine Darstellung wird Gardners Intentionen und Kernaussagen nur zum Teil gerecht. Zweitens setzen wir uns im Detail mit einigen der sieben von Rost angeführten Kritikpunkte auseinander und zeigen, dass sie auf einer unzureichenden Rezeption der MI-Theorie oder auf Fehldeutungen beruhen. Drittens nehmen wir Rosts implizite Abgrenzung von Wissenschaft und Nicht-Wissenschaft zum Anlass, um anhand der MI-Theorie pars pro toto für methodologischen und theoretischen Pluralismus in der Pädagogischen Psychologie zu plädieren.
In issue 2/2008 of this journal, Rost passed severe criticism on Gardner’s theory of multiple intelligences (MI theory). In our article, we criticize Rost’s critique. First, we argue that his presentation of MI theory is imbalanced, because it falls short of Gardner’s intentions and core assumptions. Secondly, we discuss in detail some of the seven criticisms which Rost has offered and demonstrate that they rest either on an incomplete assimilation or misconceptions of MI theory. Thirdly, Rost’s very narrow criteria for science (scientificness) give reason to argue in favour of methodological and theoretical pluralism in educational psychology.
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