Howard Gardner
description
Transcript of Howard Gardner
Howard GardnerHoward GardnerHoward GardnerHoward Gardner
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
The End