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
school students aliens
Much of the material presented in schools strikes students as alien, if not pointless.
focus want needs
We need to focus on the kind of human beings we want to have and the kind of society in which we want to live
fate opportunity agency
No individual can be in full control of his fate-our strengths come significantly from our history, our experiences largely from the vagaries of chance. But by seizing the opportunity to leverage and frame these experiences, we gain agency over them. And this heightened agency, in turn, places us in a stronger position to deal with future experiences, even as it may alter our own sense of strengths and possibilities.
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.
turning-points
Education is at a turning point
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.
school kids skills
Kids make their mark in life by doing what they can do, not what they can't... School is important, but life is more important. Being happy is using your skills productively, no matter what they are.
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.
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.
book topics abandoned
While I've worked on many topics and written many books, I have not abandoned my interest in multiple intelligences.
book would-be psychologist
Til 1983, I wrote primarily for other psychologists and expected that they would be the principal audience for my book.
problem ability solve
The ability to solve problems or to create products that are valued within one or more cultural settings.