Synopses & Reviews
Leading American psychologist and educator Howard Gardner has assembled his most important writings about education. Spanning over thirty years, this collection reveals the thinking, the concepts and the empirical research that have made Gardner one of the most respected and cited educational authorities of our time.
Trained originally as a psychologist at Harvard University, Howard Gardner begins with personal sketches and tributes to his major teachers and mentors. He then presents the work for which he is best-known ? the theory of multiple intelligences ? including a summary of the original theory and accounts of how it has been updated over the years. Other seminal papers featured include:
- education in the arts
- the nature of understanding
- powerful ways in which to assess learning
- broad statements about the educational enterprise
- how education is likely to evolve in the globalised world of the twenty-first century.
Synopsis
states that an individual has eight relatively autonomous intelligence:
· Language
· Music
· Emotional
· Logical-mathematical
· Spatial
· Kinesthetic
· Creative
· Interpersonal (understanding oneself)
This theory has proved popular, particularly with those who see the IQ testing a relatively narrow set of abilities.
In this book, he brings together over 20 of his key writings in one place. The book begins with a specially written Introduction, which gives an overview of Howard's career and contextualizes his selection in this book. Through his selection we can see the development of his thinking as well as the development of the field. This is the only book that offers this insight into this great scholar's work.