Howard Gardner By: 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 inBulgaria, 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.howardgardner.com/books/books.html http://www.kidsource.com/books/unschooled.mind.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://www.infed.org/thinkers/gardner.htm http://questgarden.com/102/80/0/100505170056/index.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.net/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.infed.org/thinkers/gardner.htm http://www.preschools4all.com/musical-intelligence.html
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://www.infed.org/thinkers/gardner.htm http://educ-reality.com/howard-gardners-multiple-intelligences/
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.infed.org/thinkers/gardner.htm http://www.dailynews.lk/2009/04/28/bus21.asp
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.infed.org/thinkers/gardner.htm http://www.brainbasedbusiness.com/2006/12/beyond_conflict_through_intrap.html
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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