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By: Laken FritzBy: Laken Fritz

Birth and Death• Birth: July 11,

1943• Death: Still Alive!

http://www.scranton.edu/news/articles/2008/10/Howard-Gardner.shtml

Personal History• Born in Scranton PA• Had Eric Erikson as a tutor• John H. and Elisabeth A.

Hobbs Professor of Cognition and Education at theHarvard Graduate School of Education

• Adjunct Professor of Psychologyat Harvard University

• Senior Director ofHarvard Project Zero

• Originally a developmental psychologist and later in neuropsychology

• Main area of research interest at that time was cognition, especially the capacity to use symbols, working with both normal and gifted children, and brain-damaged adults

http://www.ffst.hr/ENCYCLOPAEDIA/doku.php?id=howard_gardner_and_education

Personal History Continued- Awards

•  MacArthur Prize Fellowship in1981

• Honorary degrees from 26colleges and universities– including institutions in

Bulgaria, Chile, Greece, Ireland, Israel, Italy, andSouth Korea

• By Foreign Policy and Prospect magazinesas one of the 100 most influential publicintellectuals in the world

• 2011 Prince of Asturias Award in Social Sciences

Some Books By Gardner

http://www.howardgardner.com/books/books.html

http://www.kidsource.com/books/unschooled.mind.html

http://www.howardgardner.com/books/books.html

Has 25 books in 28 languages

Works and Research• Multiple Intelligence

– initially formulated a list of seven intelligences. The first two have been typically valued in schools; the next three are usually associated with the arts; and the final two are what Howard Gardner called 'personal intelligences'

• Project Zero– Project Zero provided an environment in which

Howard Gardner could begin to explore his interest in human cognition

http://www.infed.org/thinkers/gardner.htm

Works and ResearchMultiple Intelligence

• Linguistic• Logical-

Mathematical• Musical• Body-Kinesthetic• Spatial• Interpersonal• Intrapersonal

http://questgarden.com/102/80/0/100505170056/index.htm

http://www.infed.org/thinkers/gardner.htm

Linguistic• Involves sensitivity to

spoken and written language, the ability to learn languages, and the capacity to use language to accomplish certain goals

• Writers, poets, lawyers and speakers are among those that see as having high linguistic intelligence.

http://educ-reality.com/howard-gardners-multiple-intelligences/

http://www.infed.org/thinkers/gardner.htm

Logical-Mathematical• Consists of the

capacity to analyze problems logically, carry out mathematical operations, and investigate issues scientifically

• It entails the ability to detect patterns, reason deductively and think logically http://ourlibrary.ne

t/x50/math1.htm

http://www.infed.org/thinkers/gardner.htm

Musical• Involves skill in the

performance, composition, and appreciation of musical patterns

• Encompasses the capacity to recognize and compose musical pitches, tones, and rhythms

http://www.preschools4all.com/musical-intelligence.html

http://www.infed.org/thinkers/gardner.htm

Bodily-Kinesthetic• The potential of using

one's whole body or parts of the body to solve problems

• The ability to use mental abilities to coordinate bodily movements

• Mental and physical activities are related

http://www.ourschoolzone.com/main/dox/project/mi/bodily/bodily.htm

http://www.infed.org/thinkers/gardner.htm

Spatial• Involves the

potential to recognize and use the patterns of wide space and more confined areas

http://educ-reality.com/howard-gardners-multiple-intelligences/

http://www.infed.org/thinkers/gardner.htm

Interpersonal• Concerned with the

capacity to understand the intentions, motivations and desires of other people

• Educators, salespeople, religious and political leaders and counselors all need a well-developed interpersonal intelligence

http://www.dailynews.lk/2009/04/28/bus21.asp

http://www.infed.org/thinkers/gardner.htm

Intrapersonal• The capacity to

understand oneself, to appreciate one's feelings, fears and motivations

• Involves having an effective working model of ourselves, and to be able to use such information to regulate our lives

http://www.brainbasedbusiness.com/2006/12/beyond_conflict_through_intrap.html

http://www.infed.org/thinkers/gardner.htm

Where are the Intelligences?

http://www.cfkeep.org/html/snapshot.php?id=64791479208312

Works and Research Project Zero

• Mission is to understand and enhance learning, thinking, and creativity in the arts, as well as humanistic and scientific disciplines, at the individual and institutional levels

• Begun at the Harvard Graduate School in 1967 by the philosopher Nelson Goodman

• Aim of improving learning in the Arts through research

• Gardner was co-director of this (with David Perkins) from 1972 to 2000

http://www.ffst.hr/ENCYCLOPAEDIA/doku.php?id=howard_gardner_and_education

http://pzweb.harvard.edu/index.cfm

History of Project Zero

• Building on this research to help create communities of reflective, independent learners

• To enhance deep understanding within disciplines• To promote critical and creative thinking • Research is done by human cognitive development

and of the process of learning in the arts and other disciplines

• The learners are at the center of the educational process, respecting the different ways in which an individual learns at various stages of life

• As well as differences among individuals in the ways they perceive the world and express their ideas. http://

pzweb.harvard.edu/History/History.htm

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