Trained originally as a psychologist at Harvard University, Howard Gardner begins with personal sketches and tributes to his major teachers and mentors. He then presents the work for which he is best-known – the theory of multiple intelligences – including a summary of the original theory and accounts of how it has been updated over the years. Other seminal papers featured include:
- education in the arts
- the nature of understanding
- powerful ways in which to assess learning
- broad statements about the educational enterprise
- how education is likely to evolve in the globalised world of the twenty-first century.
Trained originally as a psychologist at Harvard University, Howard Gardner begins with personal sketches and tributes to his major teachers and mentors. He then presents the work for which he is best-known – the theory of multiple intelligences – including a summary of the original theory and accounts of how it has been updated over the years. Other seminal papers featured include:
- education in the arts
- the nature of understanding
- powerful ways in which to assess learning
- broad statements about the educational enterprise
- how education is likely to evolve in the globalised world of the twenty-first century.

The Development and Education of the Mind: The Selected Works of Howard Gardner
280
The Development and Education of the Mind: The Selected Works of Howard Gardner
280Product Details
ISBN-13: | 9780415367295 |
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Publisher: | Taylor & Francis |
Publication date: | 11/24/2005 |
Series: | World Library of Educationalists |
Pages: | 280 |
Product dimensions: | 6.12(w) x 9.19(h) x (d) |