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Howard Gardner



Howard Gardner, PhD, is a research professor of cognition and education known for his theory of multiple intelligences, which highlights the human ability to process information in different ways: linguistic, logical-mathematical, musical, spatial, bodily/kinesthetic, interpersonal, intrapersonal, and naturalistic.

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Big Thinkers: Howard Gardner on Multiple Intelligences

Edutopia revisits its 1997 interview with the Harvard University professor about multiple intelligences and new forms of assessment.

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Edutopia.org
2009
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Extraordinary Minds: Portraits of 4 Exceptional Individuals and an Examination of Our Own Extraordinariness

Fifteen years ago, psychologist and educator Howard Gardner introduced the idea of multiple intelligences, challenging the presumption that intelligence consists of verbal or analytic abilities only—those intelligences that schools tend to measure.

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Howard E. Gardner
1998
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Multiple Intelligences Theory: Widely Used, Yet Misunderstood

One of the most popular ideas in education is applied in ways that its creator never intended.

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Youki Terada
2018
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The Unschooled Mind: How Children Think and How Schools Should Teach

Merging cognitive science with educational agenda, Gardner shows how ill-suited our minds and natural patterns of learning are to current educational materials, practices, and institutions, and makes an eloquent case for restructuring our schools.

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Howard E Gardner
1993
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Howard Gardner on His Theory of Multiple Intelligences and Lessons for COVID-19 Era

Howard Gardner, best known for his theory of Multiple Intelligences (MI). He released this idea decades ago, and it was controversial. His insight was that using a single number like IQ to assess the human brain just doesn't make sense considering how the mind works.

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Jefferey Young
2020
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Intelligence Reframed: Multiple Intelligences for the 21st Century

Harvard psychologist Howard Gardner has been acclaimed as the most influential educational theorist since John Dewey.

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Howard E Gardner
2024
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The Mind’s New Science: A History of the Cognitive Revolution

The first full-scale history of cognitive science, this work addresses a central issue: What is the nature of knowledge?

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Howard E. Gardner
1987
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Multiple Intelligences: New Horizons in Theory and Practice

Howard Gardner's brilliant conception of individual competence, known as Multiple Intelligences theory, has changed the face of education.

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Howard E Gardner
2006
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Multiple Intelligences: The Theory in Practice

Howard Gardner’s brilliant conception of individual competence is changing the face of education today.

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Howard Gardner
1993
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Good Work: When Excellence and Ethics Meet

What does it mean to carry out “good work”? What strategies allow people to maintain moral and ethical standards at a time when market forces have unprecedented power and work life is being radically altered by technological innovation? These questions lie at the heart of this eagerly awaited...

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Howard E. Gardner, Mihály Csíkszentmihályi, William Damon
2002
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