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
mind natural entity
We are natural mind changing entities until we are 10 or so. But as we get older...then it is very hard to change our minds
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.
running people mind
Most people (by the time they have become adults ) can't change their minds because their neural pathways have become set... the longer neural pathways have been running one way the harder it is to rewire them.
goal people mind
The Goal of Education is to Help People Use Their Minds Better
children mind world
I want my children to understand the world, but not just because the world is fascinating and the human mind is curious. I want them to understand it so that they will be positioned to make it a better place
communication creation effective form powerful robust time
Over time and cultures, the most robust and most effective form of communication is the creation of a powerful narrative,
certain degree failure good leadership message necessary tolerating
I think tolerating a certain degree of failure-not because it's good for you but because it's a necessary part of growth-is a very important part of the message the leadership can give.
american-psychologist answer fast kinds wrong
Being fast and not very spatial doesn't make you any better in spatial kinds of things; you probably just get the wrong answer more quickly.
school students aliens
Much of the material presented in schools strikes students as alien, if not pointless.
luck world degrees
I am knowledgeable enough about the world of prizes to realize that there is a large degree of luck - both for the recognitions that you receive and those that you did not.
organization people long
A lot of knowledge in any kind of an organization is what we call task knowledge. These are things that people who have been there a long time understand are important, but they may not know how to talk about them. It's often called the culture of the organization.
opportunity parent environmental
I align myself with almost all researchers in assuming that anything we do is a composite of whatever genetic limitations were given to us by our parents and whatever kinds of environmental opportunities are available.
school kids college
Kids go to school and college and get through, but they don't seem to really care about using their minds. School doesn't have the kind of long term positive impact that it should.
encouragement creativity america
My belief in why America has been doing so well up to now is that we have been propelled by our immigrants and our encouragement of technical innovation and, indeed, creativity across the board.