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Presentation

By

Allison Axness

5 Minds for the Future

by Howard Gardner

Presentation By

Allison Axness

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Howard Gardner• Best known for the Theory of

Multiple Intelligences.

• First American to receive the University of Louisville's Grawemeyer Award in Education in 1990

• Received a Fellowship from the Hohn S. Guggenheim Memorial Foundation in 2002

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• Named an Honorary Professor at East China Normal University in Shanghai in 2004

• Selected by Foreign Policy and Prospect magazines as one of the 100 most influential intellectuals in the world in 2005

• Written over 20 books

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5 Minds:The Disciplined Mind

The Synthesizing MindThe Creative Mind

The Respectful MindThe Ethical Mind

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A Disciplined

Mind

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Schooled in basic subjects like art,

history... and master of one

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Challenging to Learn

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All disciplines have their own ways of

investigating ideas.

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Gardner says, “It takes many year to achieve a disciplined mind in any

area.”

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Discipline also means the need to practice to improve performance.

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• Examples In Education:– Mastery of history,

math, science or other key subjects.

Discipline Mind

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The Synthesizing

Mind

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Able to make sense of disparate information

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The ability to synthesize ideas is a vital future skill - a skill basic to innovative leadership.

The ability to synthesize ideas is a vital future skill - a skill basic to innovative leadership.

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Such a mind requires interdisciplinary understanding beyond individual disciplines.

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A synthesizing mind, one that searches for connections, is

required to take advantage of teams made up of different

specialists.

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• Examples In Education:– Preparing for assignments

or tests– Organizing materials in

ways that are helpful to self and others.

TheSynthesizing

Mind

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The Creative Mind

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A mind capable of breaking new ground, developing new ideas and asking new questions.

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Encouraging a creative bent of mind is a most important future trait of teachers.

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Encouraging a creative bent of mind is a most important future trait of teachers.

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Gardner states: “Recognizing, nurturing and amplifying students diverse talents will underpin successful future schools.”

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The Creative Mind

• Examples In Education:– Going beyond class

requirements to pose new questions.

– Coming up with unexpected but appropriate school products and projects.

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The Respectful

Mind

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A mind that recognizes differences between individuals, groups and cultures; one that learns to appreciate a sense of‘others’ (Gardner, 2006).

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This mind requires an imaginative leap to enable us to understand others on their own terms.

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Differences need to be respected and the earlier this is achieved the better.

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Differences need to be respected and the earlier this is achieved the better.

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Respectful Mind

• Examples In Education:– Seeking to understand and

work effectively with peers, teachers, and staff whatever their background is.

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The Ethical Mind

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Considers how students can

serve purposes beyond self

interest.

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This mind takes into account the 'common good' of the wider

community particularlyunder challenging situations or

dilemmas (Gardner, 2006).

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The development of shared beliefs are important to achieve this mind and projects that involve

providing a service to others.

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The Ethical Mind

Examples In Education:– Reflecting on one’s

role as a student and attempting to fulfill that role appropriately and responsibly.

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Videos from Howard Gardner

5 Minds for the Future

• Since these 2 videos are streaming from the web, there is no way to link the actual video, so you will have to go to the website.

• Instructions:- Click on the Link 5 Minds for the Future- That will bring up a website.- Scroll down until you reach Video 1, then click on

<View Video>.- Do the same for Video 2.

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References

Gardner, H. (2006). Five minds for the future. Howard Gardner.

Howard Gardner (2008). Retrived Febuary 25th, 2009 from

http://www.howardgardner.com/

Usable Knowledge (2007). Retrieved Feburary 23rd, 2009 from

http://www.uknow.gse.harvard.edu/teaching/TC106-607.html