It's not how smart you are that matters, what really counts is how you are smart. Howard Gardner More Quotes by Howard Gardner More Quotes From Howard Gardner We can enhance our intelligences, but I am never going to become Yo-Yo Ma, Albert Einstein, Marie Curie, or Pele. Howard Gardner marie When speaking to parents, I encourage them to take their child(ren) to a children's museum and watch carefully what the child does, how she/she does it, what he/she returns to, where there is definite growth. Teachers could do the same or could set up 'play areas' which provide 'nutrition' for different intelligences... and watch carefully what happens and what does not happen with each child. Howard Gardner teacher museums children 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. Howard Gardner creativity encouragement america It may well be easier to remember a list if one sings it (or dances to it). However, these uses of the 'materials' of an intelligence are essentially trivial. What is not trivial is the capacity to think musically. Howard Gardner teaching use thinking Education is at a turning point Howard Gardner turning-points Emile Zola was a poor student at his school at Aix. We are all so different largely because we all have different combinations of intelligences. If we recognize this, I think we will have at least a better chance of dealing appropriately with many problems that we face in the world. Howard Gardner zola school thinking 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 the organization. Howard Gardner organization long people To ask "Where in your brain is intelligence?" is like asking "Where is the voice in the radio?" Howard Gardner voice asking brain Part of the maturity of the sciences is an appreciation of which questions are best left to other disciplinary approaches. Howard Gardner maturity approach appreciation 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. Howard Gardner measurement united-states educational 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. Howard Gardner different twenties years While I’ve worked on many topics and written many books, I have not abandoned my interest in multiple intelligences. Howard Gardner topics abandoned book 'Til 1983, I wrote primarily for other psychologists and expected that they would be the principal audience for my book. Howard Gardner psychologist would-be book If you understand something well, you can represent it, describe it, embody it in several ways. Indeed, if you can only present it in one way, then your own mastery is likely to be tenuous. Howard Gardner your understand you way Since we all have different cognitive profiles, educators should take those individual differences very seriously. Howard Gardner seriously take differences different On the basis of research in several disciplines, including the study of how human capacities are represented in the brain, I developed the idea that each of us has a number of relatively independent mental faculties, which can be termed our 'multiple intelligences.' Howard Gardner how study research brain Much of education can and should take place in schools and other formally designated community institutions. But the world beyond the schoolhouse is crucial to education, and both traditional and new media are more important than ever. Howard Gardner media community education world Since the dawn of civilization, markets have been ubiquitous. Many of us have benefited from their focus and efficiency. Yet two widely held beliefs - that markets are best left unregulated and that markets are inherently benign - are naive and outdated. Howard Gardner best efficiency focus dawn When we teach in pluralistic ways, there are two wonderful dividends. First of all, we reach more students, because some learn best through stories, some through works of art, some through role play etc. Second of all, we show what it is like really to understand something. Howard Gardner best understand play art For most, the school is the first model of a community, and it can be a very powerful one. We need to ensure that young people are raised in educational communities that they admire and that they will seek to emulate or re-create for the rest of their lives. Howard Gardner rest community people school