Howard Gardner

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Howard Gardner

• Multiple Intelligences

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Howard Gardner

• Frames of Mind.
• The theory of multiple intelligences.

 
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Schooling

• Harvard University
• Pursuing a career in law
• Eric Erikson ?interest in psychology
• Studied under Jerome Bruner
• Read the works and theories of Levi-Strauss and
  Piaget.
• PhD in 1971
• Now works at the Harvard Graduate School of
  Education

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8 Types of Intelligences

• Linguistic
• Logical-Mathematical
• Musical
• Bodily-Kinesthitic
• Spatial
• Interpersonal
• Intrapersonal
• Natural

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Possibly more?

• Spiritual
• Nature of existence
• Existential
• Ultimate Issues
• Moral
• Rules, behaviors, attitudes

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Using Technology?

• Inert knowledge in schools
• Applying what is learned in the classroom
• Give students control of learning
• Microworlds
• Jasper Woodberry Problem Solving Series

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How?

• Foster creative problem solving and
  metacognition
• Simulations
• Video Scenarios
• Multimedia Projects
• Collaboration/ Independent
• Higher level thinking? create their own web
  pages, newsletters or brochures.

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• I want my children to understand the world
  so that they will be positioned to make it a
  better place An important part of that
  understanding is knowing who we are and what we
  can do.
• Howard Gardner