Howard Gardner
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Howard Gardner is an American developmental psychologist who created the theory of multiple intelligences, proposing that intelligence is not a single ability but rather a collection of distinct mental skills. His work matters because it has influenced how educators think about teaching and learning, suggesting that people have different strengths and ways of understanding the world beyond traditional measures like IQ tests.
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- Der ungeschulte Kopf
- De mange intelligensers pædagogik
- La Inteligencia Reformulada Las Inteligencias Multiples en el Siglo Xxi
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Howard Earl Gardner (born July 11, 1943) is an American developmental psychologist and the John H. and Elisabeth A. Hobbs Research Professor of Cognition and Education at Harvard University. He was a founding member of Harvard Project Zero in 1967 and held leadership roles at that research center from 1972 to 2023. Since 1995, he has been the co-director of The Good Project.
Gardner has written hundreds of research articles and over thirty books that have been translated into over thirty languages. He is best known for his theory of multiple intelligences, as outlined in his 1983 book Frames of Mind: The Theory of Multiple Intelligences.
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