Quotes by Howard Gardner

About Howard Gardner:

Howard Earl Gardner is an American developmental psychologist and the John H. and Elisabeth A. Hobbs Professor of Cognition and Education at the Harvard Graduate School of Education at Harvard University. He is currently the Senior Director of Harvard Project Zero, and since 1995, he has been the co-director of the Good Project.
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While we may continue to use the words smart and stupid, and while IQ tests may persist for certain purposes, the monopoly of those who believe in a single general intelligence has come to an end. Brain scientists and geneticists are documenting the ...

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The countries who do the best in international comparisons, whether it's Finland or Japan, Denmark or Singapore, do well because they have professional teachers who are respected, and they also have family and community which support learning.

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I align myself with almost all researchers in assuming that anything we do is a composite of whatever genetic limitations were given to us by our parents and whatever kinds of environmental opportunities are available.

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If I know you're very good in music, I can predict with just about zero accuracy whether you're going to be good or bad in other things.

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I'd rather see the United States as a beacon of good work and good citizenship, rather than as #1 on some international educational measurement.

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I need to add that my work on multiple intelligences received a huge boost in 1995 when Daniel Goleman published his book on emotional intelligence. I am often confused with Dan. Initially, though Dan and I are longtime friends, this confusion irrita...

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A lot of knowledge in any kind of an organization is what we call task knowledge. These are things that people who have been there a long time understand are important, but they may not know how to talk about them. It's often called the culture of th...

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Stories are the single most powerful tool in a leader's toolkit.

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I believe that the brain has evolved over millions of years to be responsive to different kinds of content in the world. Language content, musical content, spatial content, numerical content, etc.

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Well, if storytelling is important, then your narrative ability, or your ability to put into words or use what someone else has put into words effectively, is important too.

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Twenty-five years ago, the notion was you could create a general problem-solver software that could solve problems in many different domains. That just turned out to be totally wrong.

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Til 1983, I wrote primarily for other psychologists and expected that they would be the principal audience for my book.

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Anything that is worth teaching can be presented in many different ways. These multiple ways can make use of our multiple intelligences.

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I am knowledgeable enough about the world of prizes to realize that there is a large degree of luck - both for the recognitions that you receive and those that you did not.

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While I've worked on many topics and written many books, I have not abandoned my interest in multiple intelligences.

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My belief in why America has been doing so well up to now is that we have been propelled by our immigrants and our encouragement of technical innovation and, indeed, creativity across the board.

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The biggest communities in which young people now reside are online communities.

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I want my children to understand the world, but not just because the world is fascinating and the human mind is curious. I want them to understand it so that they will be positioned to make it a better place

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Perhaps, indeed, there are no truly universal ethics: or to put it more precisely, the ways in which ethical principles are interpreted will inevitably differ across cultures and eras. Yet, these differences arise chiefly at the margins. All known so...

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Stories are the single most powerful weapon in a leader’s arsenal

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Author Bio

  • NameHoward Gardner
  • DescriptionAmerican developmental psychologist
  • BornJuly 11, 1943
  • CountryUnited States Of America
  • ProfessionTeacher; Psychologist
  • AwardsGuggenheim Fellowship; MacArthur Fellows Program; Princess Of Asturias Award - Social Sciences