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During his long and distinguished career as scholar and teacher, Howard Gardner has made vast contributions to our understanding of learning and how to create environments that support growth in all learners across their lifespans. In this compelling collection of his writings, Gardner lays out his principal ideas about education. While known primarily for his theory of multiple intelligences, Gardner's work in education includes substantial contributions in the areas of early childhood, K-12, and postsecondary education. In this volume, Gardner provides readers with a lifetime's worth of insight into creating purposeful curriculum, pedagogy, and assessment, ideas developed at Harvard Project Zero (where he has been a leader and principal investigator for over half a century), as well as in collaborations with educators from around the world, ranging from preschools in Reggio Emilia (Italy) to art classes in China. Gardner includes a timely focus on education in a global era, influenced by continuing technological innovations, yet still grounded in the pursuit of fundamental human values. This is the single-most comprehensive survey of Howard Gardner's writing and thinking about education. Book Features: Offers an unparalleled survey of the principal concerns of a major educational thinker in our times. Draws on decades of experience as a teacher, researcher, and public intellectual to present a vision of how quality education can best be achieved for all students. Reviews the principal strands of the world-renowned theory of multiple human intelligences, including timely explanations and updates. Makes the case for an education that foregrounds and cultivates an appreciation of truth, beauty, and goodness. Situates concepts and recommendations within the broader progressive tradition. Addresses authentic assessment, the importance of interdisciplinary thinking, the fostering of creativity, the capacity to synthesize powerfully and convincingly, the centrality of deep understanding, and--crucial for our times--the cultivation of an ethical mind.

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Author:   Howard Gardner
Publisher:   Teachers' College Press
Imprint:   Teachers' College Press
Weight:   0.187kg
ISBN:  

9780807769829

ISBN 10:   0807769827
Pages:   336
Publication Date:   31 May 2024
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

Acknowledgments Introduction Influences 1. Jerome S. Bruner as Educator 2. Harvard Project Zero: A Personal History 3. The Hundred Languages of Successful Educational Reform China: The Key in the Key Slot 4. The Key in the Key Slot: Creativity in a Chinese Key 5. The Age of Innocence Reconsidered: Preserving the Best of the Progressive Traditions in Psychology and Education 6. Educating for the True, the Beautiful, and the Good 7. The Tensions Between Education and Development Introducing Multiple Intelligences: Claims, Critiques, and Educational Implications Overview of MI Theory 8. Beyond IQ: Developing the Spectrum of Human Intelligences 9. Reflections on MI Myths and Messages 10. “Multiple Intelligences” Are Not “Learning Styles” 11. The Crystallizing Experience: Discovering an Intellectual Gift Educational Experiments in the Spirit of Multiple Intelligences 12. MI Around the World Identification and Nurturing of Intelligences in Early Life 13. The Spectrum Approach to Assessment: Nurturing Intelligences in Early Childhood 14. Projects During the Elementary Years 15. Arts PROPEL Curriculum, Pedagogy, and Assessment 16. The Unschooled Mind: Why Even the Best Students in the Best Schools May Not Understand 17. Understanding Through the Disciplines 18. Teaching for Understanding Within and Across the Disciplines 19. Assessment in Context: The Alternative to Standardized Testing Higher Education 20. If We Were Designing a New College . . . 21. Why We Should Require All Students to Take Two Philosophy Courses Contemporary Challenges and Opportunities 22. Education in the Era of the Apps 23. The Five Minds for the Future 24. Synthesis 1.0: A Few Essential Tips 25. Changing Minds 26. On Educating for the Three Virtues: A Hegelian Approach 27. The Myths in “Neuromyths” 28. Becoming a Good Person, a Good Worker, a Good Citizen in a Democratic Society 29. To an Aspiring Researcher: Twelve Pieces of Advice Original Publication List Index Permissions About the Author

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Howard Gardner is the Hobbs Research Professor of Cognition and Education at the Harvard Graduate School of Education. Among his numerous honors, Gardner received a MacArthur Prize Fellowship, the Grawemeyer Prize in Education, a fellowship from the John S. Guggenheim Memorial Foundation, the Prince of Asturias Award in the Social Sciences, and the American Educational Research Association's Distinguished Contributions to Research in Education Award.

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