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Howard Gardner Quotes

The Goal of Education is to Help People Use Their Minds Better Picture Quote #1

Creativity begins with an affinity for something. It’s like falling in love Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

Hitler didn’t travel. Stalin didn’t travel. Saddam Hussein never traveled. They didn’t want to have their orthodoxy challenged Picture Quote #1

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 irritated me Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

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We can enhance our intelligences, but I am never going to become Yo-Yo Ma, Albert Einstein, Marie Curie, or Pele Picture Quote #1

Teachers must be encouraged - I almost said ‘freed’, to pursue an education that strives for depth of understanding Picture Quote #1

Fundamentalism is a kind of decision not to change your mind about something...Many of us are fundamentalists...because it worked pretty well for us Picture Quote #1

Being creative means first of all doing something unusual... On the other hand, however unusual it may be, the idea also has to be reasonable for people to take it seriously Picture Quote #1

I want to understand how best to create and preserve a form of higher education that we value but that is in jeopardy for many reasons Picture Quote #1

The biggest mistake of past centuries in teaching has been to treat all students as if they were variants of the same individual and thus to feel justified in teaching them all the same subjects the same way Picture Quote #1

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The biggest communities in which young people now reside are online communities Picture Quote #1

Much of the material presented in schools strikes students as alien, if not pointless Picture Quote #1

If you think education is expensive, try estimating the cost of ignorance Picture Quote #1

Stories are the single most powerful tool in a leader’s toolkit Picture Quote #1

Creativity begins with an affinity for something. It’s like falling in love Picture Quote #1

Anything that is worth teaching can be presented in many different ways. These multiple ways can make use of our multiple intelligences Picture Quote #1

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We should spend less time ranking children and more time helping them to identify their natural competencies and gifts and cultivate these. There are hundreds and hundreds of ways to succeed and many, many different abilities that will help you get there Picture Quote #1

Kids make their mark in life by doing what they can do, not what they can’t... School is important, but life is more important. Being happy is using your skills productively, no matter what they are Picture Quote #1

We need to focus on the kind of human beings we want to have and the kind of society in which we want to live Picture Quote #1

If you are not prepared to resign or be fired for what you believe in, then you are not a worker, let alone a professional. You are a slave Picture Quote #1

There are clear differences between child and adult artistic activity. While the child may be aware that he is doing things differently from others, he does not fully appreciate the rules and conventions of symbolic realms; his adventurousness holds little significance. In contrast, the adult artist is fully cognizant of the norms embraced by others; his willingness, his compulsion, to reject convention is purchased, at the very least, with full knowledge of what he is doing and often at considerable psychic cost to himself Picture Quote #1

If we were to abandon concern for what is true, what is false, and what remains indeterminate, the world would be totally chaotic. Even those who deny the importance of truth, on the one hand, are quick to jump on anyone who is caught lying Picture Quote #1

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While I’ve worked on many topics and written many books, I have not abandoned my interest in multiple intelligences Picture Quote #1

Til 1983, I wrote primarily for other psychologists and expected that they would be the principal audience for my book Picture Quote #1

Knowledge is not the same as morality, but we need to understand if we are to avoid past mistakes and move in productive directions. An important part of that understanding is knowing who we are and what we can do... Ultimately, we must synthesize our understandings for ourselves Picture Quote #1

Kids go to school and college and get through, but they don’t seem to really care about using their minds. School doesn’t have the kind of long term positive impact that it should Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

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The Goal of Education is to Help People Use Their Minds Better (Howard Gardner Quotes) Creativity begins with an affinity for something. It’s like falling in love. (Howard Gardner Quotes) 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 Quotes) Hitler didn’t travel. Stalin didn’t travel. Saddam Hussein never traveled. They didn’t want to have their orthodoxy challenged (Howard Gardner Quotes) 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 irritated me (Howard Gardner Quotes) 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 Quotes) We can enhance our intelligences, but I am never going to become Yo-Yo Ma, Albert Einstein, Marie Curie, or Pele. (Howard Gardner Quotes) Teachers must be encouraged - I almost said ‘freed’, to pursue an education that strives for depth of understanding. (Howard Gardner Quotes) Fundamentalism is a kind of decision not to change your mind about something...Many of us are fundamentalists...because it worked pretty well for us. (Howard Gardner Quotes) Being creative means first of all doing something unusual... On the other hand, however unusual it may be, the idea also has to be reasonable for people to take it seriously. (Howard Gardner Quotes) I want to understand how best to create and preserve a form of higher education that we value but that is in jeopardy for many reasons. (Howard Gardner Quotes) The biggest mistake of past centuries in teaching has been to treat all students as if they were variants of the same individual and thus to feel justified in teaching them all the same subjects the same way (Howard Gardner Quotes) The biggest communities in which young people now reside are online communities (Howard Gardner Quotes) Much of the material presented in schools strikes students as alien, if not pointless (Howard Gardner Quotes) If you think education is expensive, try estimating the cost of ignorance (Howard Gardner Quotes) Stories are the single most powerful tool in a leader’s toolkit (Howard Gardner Quotes) Creativity begins with an affinity for something. It’s like falling in love (Howard Gardner Quotes) Anything that is worth teaching can be presented in many different ways. These multiple ways can make use of our multiple intelligences (Howard Gardner Quotes) We should spend less time ranking children and more time helping them to identify their natural competencies and gifts and cultivate these. There are hundreds and hundreds of ways to succeed and many, many different abilities that will help you get there (Howard Gardner Quotes) Kids make their mark in life by doing what they can do, not what they can’t... School is important, but life is more important. Being happy is using your skills productively, no matter what they are (Howard Gardner Quotes) We need to focus on the kind of human beings we want to have and the kind of society in which we want to live (Howard Gardner Quotes) If you are not prepared to resign or be fired for what you believe in, then you are not a worker, let alone a professional. You are a slave (Howard Gardner Quotes) There are clear differences between child and adult artistic activity. While the child may be aware that he is doing things differently from others, he does not fully appreciate the rules and conventions of symbolic realms; his adventurousness holds little significance. In contrast, the adult artist is fully cognizant of the norms embraced by others; his willingness, his compulsion, to reject convention is purchased, at the very least, with full knowledge of what he is doing and often at considerable psychic cost to himself (Howard Gardner Quotes) If we were to abandon concern for what is true, what is false, and what remains indeterminate, the world would be totally chaotic. Even those who deny the importance of truth, on the one hand, are quick to jump on anyone who is caught lying (Howard Gardner Quotes) While I’ve worked on many topics and written many books, I have not abandoned my interest in multiple intelligences (Howard Gardner Quotes) Til 1983, I wrote primarily for other psychologists and expected that they would be the principal audience for my book (Howard Gardner Quotes) Knowledge is not the same as morality, but we need to understand if we are to avoid past mistakes and move in productive directions. An important part of that understanding is knowing who we are and what we can do... Ultimately, we must synthesize our understandings for ourselves (Howard Gardner Quotes) Kids go to school and college and get through, but they don’t seem to really care about using their minds. School doesn’t have the kind of long term positive impact that it should (Howard Gardner Quotes) 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 Quotes) 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 (Howard Gardner Quotes)

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