Howard Gardner
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"If you asked me should people be studying physics, or chemistry or biology
or geology in high school, I would say it doesn't make the slightest bit of
difference. They should study some topics, of course, but the choice is wide
open — I'm interested in depth, not breadth. I'm not talking about college
education; I'm just taking on K to 12. What I want when kids get through a K
to 12 education is for them to have a sense of what their society thinks is
true, beautiful and good; false, ugly and evil; how to think about it and how
to act on the basis of your thoughts."
Howard Gardner
Much more here:
http://www.edge.org/3rd_culture/gardner/gardner_p1.html
or geology in high school, I would say it doesn't make the slightest bit of
difference. They should study some topics, of course, but the choice is wide
open — I'm interested in depth, not breadth. I'm not talking about college
education; I'm just taking on K to 12. What I want when kids get through a K
to 12 education is for them to have a sense of what their society thinks is
true, beautiful and good; false, ugly and evil; how to think about it and how
to act on the basis of your thoughts."
Howard Gardner
Much more here:
http://www.edge.org/3rd_culture/gardner/gardner_p1.html
[email protected]
<< Anyway, my question is which book would you recommend to read first? >>
Frames of Mind is the one I read, but you don't really have to get that. You
can find lots of discussions and descriptions of the eight (or nine)
intelligences online with google. Some are geared toward educators, some toward
personnel managers, some are just general/descriptive. If you much prefer books
to the internet, though, Frames of Mind would be my pick.
I think there are others who have written about his theory later that might
be easier reads, and others here might know more.
Sandra
Frames of Mind is the one I read, but you don't really have to get that. You
can find lots of discussions and descriptions of the eight (or nine)
intelligences online with google. Some are geared toward educators, some toward
personnel managers, some are just general/descriptive. If you much prefer books
to the internet, though, Frames of Mind would be my pick.
I think there are others who have written about his theory later that might
be easier reads, and others here might know more.
Sandra
Jackie Chovanes
On Feb 13, 2005, at 12:17 AM, SandraDodd@... wrote:
Intelligences" by Thomas Armstrong -- it discusses Gardner's 8 types of
intelligence, stresses that everyone possesses each one to different
degrees, and gives lots of practical suggestions for discovering (and
helping your child to discover) your child's particular makeup, and
gives ways to enhance their learning of everything based upon their
strengths. I really liked the way he warned against pigeonholing
children by thinking of them as only 1 of the types. The chapter on
learning disabilities was excellent -- basically, he says that schools
pathologize what are actually strengths (spatial learners are labelled
"dyslexic," etc.) in order to collect government funding for special ed
programs and because schools are not set up to accommodate those who
aren't linguistic or logical/mathematical learners. He is very
favorable to homeschooling, and mentions John Holt numerous times,
although it isn't a homeschooling book, per se.
jchovanes@...
>I recently read "In Their Own Way: Encouraging Your Child's Multiple
>
>
> << Anyway, my question is which book would you recommend to read
> first? >>
>
> Frames of Mind is the one I read, but you don't really have to get
> that. You
> can find lots of discussions and descriptions of the eight (or nine)
> intelligences online with google. Some are geared toward educators,
> some toward
> personnel managers, some are just general/descriptive. If you much
> prefer books
> to the internet, though, Frames of Mind would be my pick.
>
> I think there are others who have written about his theory later that
> might
> be easier reads, and others here might know more.
>
> Sandra
Intelligences" by Thomas Armstrong -- it discusses Gardner's 8 types of
intelligence, stresses that everyone possesses each one to different
degrees, and gives lots of practical suggestions for discovering (and
helping your child to discover) your child's particular makeup, and
gives ways to enhance their learning of everything based upon their
strengths. I really liked the way he warned against pigeonholing
children by thinking of them as only 1 of the types. The chapter on
learning disabilities was excellent -- basically, he says that schools
pathologize what are actually strengths (spatial learners are labelled
"dyslexic," etc.) in order to collect government funding for special ed
programs and because schools are not set up to accommodate those who
aren't linguistic or logical/mathematical learners. He is very
favorable to homeschooling, and mentions John Holt numerous times,
although it isn't a homeschooling book, per se.
>Jackie Chovanes
jchovanes@...
mamaaj2000
--- In [email protected], Jackie Chovanes
<jchovanes@m...> wrote:
http://www.thomasarmstrong.com/multiple_intelligences.htm. I'm going
to go read his articles about how ADHD doesn't exist...
--aj
<jchovanes@m...> wrote:
> I recently read "In Their Own Way: Encouraging Your Child'sMultiple
> Intelligences" by Thomas ArmstrongLooks interesting. He's got a web site:
http://www.thomasarmstrong.com/multiple_intelligences.htm. I'm going
to go read his articles about how ADHD doesn't exist...
--aj