Howard Gardner's Multiple Intelligences from the Perspective of Islamic Education
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.31943/afkarjournal.v9i2.3249Keywords:
Multiple Intelligences, Islamic EducationAbstract
Education that humanizes humans is education that is able to educate and develop a person's personality covering all aspects. However, unfortunately intelligence is still often understood as an ability that is emphasized on certain aspects only. Thus, a broader and comprehensive concept of intelligence is needed. This study aims to determine the concept of multiple intelligences according to Howard Gardner and its relevance to the concept of Islamic education. This research is a qualitative research with literature study research method. The primary data of this research is sourced from Howard Gardner's book, Multiple Intelligences: Multiple Intelligences in Theory in Practice translated. Lyndon Saputra and secondary data sourced from books, journals and other literature related to the theory of multiple intelligences and Islamic education. Data collection is done by documentation technique. The data analysis technique uses content analysis. The results show that: 1) Multiple intelligences according to Howard Gardner are the ability to solve problems and create something that has cultural values, consisting of linguistic, logical-mathematical, spatial, musical, kinesthetic, interpersonal, intrapersonal, naturalist and existential intelligences. 2) Multiple intelligences in the perspective of Islamic education are interpreted that every human being has a nature since he was born, including: religious nature, reason, morality and character, cleanliness and purity, truth, independence, justice, equality and unity, social, individual, sexual, economics, politics and the arts. 3) The relevance of the concept of multiple intelligences according to Howard Gardner with the concept of Islamic education, namely, both of them explain that every human being has basic potential, is equally oriented to the development of potential, recognizes various kinds of intelligence and there are several verses of the Qur'an which contain an explanation of each. -each intelligence in Howard Gardner's multiple intelligences.
Downloads
References
Al-Qurthubi, S.I. (2009). Tafsir Al-Qurthubi. Jakarta: Pustaka Azzam.
Armstrong, Thomas. (2004). Sekolah Para Juara: Menerapkan dan Meningkatkan Kecerdasan Anda Berdasarkan Teori Multiple Intelligences, terj. Yudhi Murtanto. Bandung: Kaifa.
Chatib, Munif. (2019). Sekolahnya Manusia: Sekolah Berbasis Multilpe Intelligences di Indonesia. Bandung: Kaifa.
Dalyono. (2012). Psikologi Pendidikan. Bandung: Rineka Cipta.
Dani, M. Djaswidi. (2018) Pendidikan Bernuansa Islam. Bandung: Media Cendekia Publisher.
Dinoto, Anto. (2007). Konsep Fitrah Manusia Dalam Al-Qur’an dan Implikasinya Terhadap Pendidikan Islam. Skripsi Pendidikan Agama Islam.
Efendi, Agus. (2005). Revolusi Kecerdasan Abad 21, Kritik MI, EI, SQ, AQ & Succesful Intelligence Atas IQ. Bandung: Alfabeta.
Gardner, Howard. (2003). Kecerdasan Majemuk: Konsep dalam Praktek, terj. Alexander Sindoro. Batam: Interaksa.
Gardner, Howard. (2006). Multiple Intelligences: New Horizons, New York: Basic Books. Gardner, Howard. (2011). Frames of Mind: The Theory of Multiple Intelligences. New York: Basic Books.
Gunawan, Adi W. (2006). Genius Learning Strategy: Petunjuk Praktis untuk Menerapkan Accelerated Learning. Jakarta: Gramedia Pustaka Utama.
Hasan, Abdul Rohim. (2009). “Kecerdasan menurut al-Quran” dalam Jurnal Al-Burhan PTIQ, Jakarta, No 10.
Hoerr, Thomas R. (2007). Buku Kerja Multiple Intelligences, terj. Ary Nilandari. Bandung: Mizan Pustaka.
Muhammad Ridhoni Al Arif, Muhammad Zuhdi, & Bobi Erno Rusadi. (2026). Islamic Religious Education in Responding to the Development of Science and Artificial Intelligence: Curriculum Analysis and Its Implications for the Formation of Students’ Digital Morals. ATTAQWA: Jurnal Pendidikan Islam Dan Anak Usia Dini, 5(1), 52–60. https://doi.org/10.58355/attaqwa.v5i1.198.
Mujib, Abdul & Jusuf M. (2002). Nuansa-Nuansa Psikologi Islam. Jakarta: Raja Grafindo Persada.
Naisaban, Ladislaus. (2004). Para Psikolog Terkemuka Dunia: Riwayat Hidup, Pokok Pikiran, dan Karya. Jakarta: Grasindo.
Palmer, Joy A. (2006). 50 Pemikir Paling Berpengaruh Terhadap Dunia Pendidikan Modern, terj. Farid Assifa, Yogyakarta: IRCiSoD.
Rahman, Abdul & Muhbib Abdul wahab. (2004)Psikologi (Suatu Pengantar Dalam Perspektif Islam). Jakarta: Kencana.
Ramayulis, (2015) Filsafat Pendidikan Islam; Analisis Filosofis Sistem Pendidikan Islam. Padang: Kalam Mulia.
Ratnawati, Sintha. (2001). Mencetak Anak Cerdas dan Kreatif. Jakarta: Penerbit Buku Kompas.
Satiadarma, Monty P. & Fidelis E. Waruwu. (2003). Mendidik Kecerdasan. Jakarta: Pustaka Ppuler Obor.
Shihab, M. Quraish. (1998). Wawasan Al-Qur’an: Tafsir Maudhlu’I atas Berbagai Persoalan Umat. Bandung: Mizan.
Shihab, M. Quraish. (2002). Tafsir Al-Misbah: Pesan, Kesan, dan Keserasian al-Quran. Lentera Hati, Jakarta.
Shihab, M. Quraish. (2005). Tafsir Al-Misbah: Pesan, Kesan dan Keserasian al-Qur’an. Lentera Hati, Jakarta.
Shihab, M. Quraish. (2006). Tafsir Al-Misbah: Pesan, Kesan, dan Keserasian al-Qur’an. Lentera Hati, Jakarta.
Siti Khoerunnisa, Siti Atiqoh, Siti Lathifah, Akil, & Abdul Azis. (2025). Competency And Character Based Integrative Assessment Model In Islamic Religious Education (PAI) Learning. Classroom: Journal of Islamic Education, 2(1), 129–141. https://doi.org/10.61166/classroom.v2i1.27.
Solichin, Mohammad Muchlis. (2007) Fitrah; Konsep Dan Pengembangannya dalam Islam. Tadris, Vol 02, No 02.
Stein, Steven J. & Howard. (2002) Ledakan EQ (15 Prinsip Dasar Kecerdasan Emosional Meraih Sukses. Bandung: Kaifa.
Suparno, Paul. (2008). Teori Inteligensi Ganda dan Aplikasinya di Sekolah: Cara Menerapkan Teori Multiple Intelligences Howard Gardner. Edisi Terbaru. Yogyakarta: Kanisius.
Surya, Sutan. (2004). Psikologi Pembelajaran dan Pengajaran. Bandung: Bani Quraisy.
Yuyu Wahyudin. (2023). Application of Behavioristic Theory in Islamic Religious Education Learning. Al-Fadlan: Journal of Islamic Education and Teaching, 1(2), 61–72. https://doi.org/10.61166/fadlan.v1i2.11.
Zohar, Danah & Ian Marshall. (2002). SQ (Memanfaatkan Kecerdasan Spiritual dalam Berfikir Integralistik dan Holistik untuk Memaknai Kehidupan). Bandung: Mizan.
Downloads
Published
How to Cite
Issue
Section
License
Copyright (c) 2026 Yayah Badriyah, M. Djaswidi Al-Hamdani, Soni Samsu Rizal, Nurjanah Nurjanah
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.
