Frames of Mind: The Theory of Multiple Intelligences

by Howard Gardner

Overview

The book that revolutionized our understanding of human intelligence.

Howard Gardner's theory of multiple intelligences has been hailed by educators for decades and applied in hundreds of schools worldwide. In Frames of Mind, Gardner challenges the widely held notion that intelligence is a single general capacity possessed by every individual to a greater or lesser extent. Amassing a wealth of evidence, Gardner posits the existence of eight different intelligences, each as important as the next, that comprise a unique cognitive profile for each person. In this updated edition, the author reflects on thirty years of work on Multiple Intelligences theory and practice.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780465024339
Publisher:	Basic Books
Publication date:	03/29/2011
Edition description:	Third Edition
Pages:	528
Product dimensions:	6.10(w) x 9.20(h) x 1.50(d)
Lexile:	1420L (what's this?)
Age Range:	13 - 18 Years

About the Author

Howard Gardner is the John H. and Elisabeth A. Hobbs Professor of Cognition and Education at the Harvard Graduate School of Education and Senior Director of Harvard Project Zero. The author of more than twenty books and the recipient of a MacArthur Fellowship and twenty-one honorary degrees, he lives in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

Table of Contents

Introduction to the Tenth Anniversary EditionBackground The Idea of Multiple Intelligences Intelligence: Earlier Views Biological Foundations of Intelligence What Is an Intelligence? The Theory Linguistic Intelligence Musical Intelligence Logical-Mathematical Intelligence Spatial Intelligence Bodily-Kinesthetic Intelligence The Personal Intelligences A Critique of the Theory of Multiple Intelligences The Socialization of Human Intelligences through Symbols Implications And Applications The Education of Intelligences The Application of Intelligences

Author Biography: Howard Gardner is the John H. and Elisabeth A. Hobbs Professor in Cognition and Education at the Harvard Graduate School of Education. Among numerous honors, Gardner received a MacArthur Prize Fellowship in 1981. In 1990, he was the first American to receive the University of Louisville's Grawemeyer Award in education. In 2000, he was awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship. He lives in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

What People are Saying About This

Jerome Bruner

"Timely, wide-reaching, and in many ways, brilliant."

Editorial Reviews

"The value of Frames of Mind is less in the answers it proposes than in the problems it poses. They are important problems, and time spent thinking about them will be time well spent."—The New York Times

"Timely, wide-reaching and in many ways brilliant....[Gardner's] effort to bring together the data of neurology, exceptionality development, and symbolic-cultural skills is not only heroic but it makes extremely evocative reading."—The New York Review of Books

"Mention Howard Gardner's name to a growing cadre of educators and the response verges on the reverence teenagers lavish on a rock star. The cult of Gardner began....with his book Frames of Mind."—Newsweek

"Because of [Frames of Mind] Gardner is both lionized and exploited as one of the most famous educational theorists in the world. His notion of multiple intelligences-including the idea that musical, athletic, and other talents are separate from, but as important as, high SAT scores-has inspired scores of books, journal articles, conferences, and lesson plans for public schools."
—The Washington Post

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