Howard Gardner
Howard Gardner
Howard Earl Gardneris an American developmental psychologist and the John H. and Elisabeth A. Hobbs Professor of Cognition and Education at the Harvard Graduate School of Education at Harvard University. He is currently the senior director of Harvard Project Zero, and since 1995, he has been the co-director of the Good Project...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionPsychologist
Date of Birth11 July 1943
CountryUnited States of America
Howard Gardner quotes about
teaching thinking use
It may well be easier to remember a list if one sings it (or dances to it). However, these uses of the 'materials' of an intelligence are essentially trivial. What is not trivial is the capacity to think musically.
decision mind kind
Fundamentalism is a kind of decision not to change your mind about something...Many of us are fundamentalists...because it worked pretty well for us.
school thinking different
Emile Zola was a poor student at his school at Aix. We are all so different largely because we all have different combinations of intelligences. If we recognize this, I think we will have at least a better chance of dealing appropriately with many problems that we face in the world.
educational teaching knowing
If Confucius can serve as the Patron Saint of Chinese education, let me propose Socrates as his equivalent in a Western educational context - a Socrates who is never content with the initial superficial response, but is always probing for finer distinctions, clearer examples, a more profound form of knowing. Our concept of knowledge has changed since classical times, but Socrates has provided us with a timeless educational goal - ever deeper understanding.
turning-points
Education is at a turning point
culture problem ability
Intelligence is the ability to find and solve problems and create products of value in one's own culture.
years different twenties
Twenty-five years ago, the notion was you could create a general problem-solver software that could solve problems in many different domains. That just turned out to be totally wrong.
appreciation maturity approach
Part of the maturity of the sciences is an appreciation of which questions are best left to other disciplinary approaches.
educational united-states measurement
I'd rather see the United States as a beacon of good work and good citizenship, rather than as #1 on some international educational measurement.
people community online
The biggest communities in which young people now reside are online communities.
book would-be psychologist
Til 1983, I wrote primarily for other psychologists and expected that they would be the principal audience for my book.
book topics abandoned
While I've worked on many topics and written many books, I have not abandoned my interest in multiple intelligences.
important use narrative
Well, if storytelling is important, then your narrative ability, or your ability to put into words or use what someone else has put into words effectively, is important too.
ignorance thinking trying
If you think education is expensive, try estimating the cost of ignorance.