American - Psychologist | July 11, 1943 -
While I've worked on many topics and written many books, I have not abandoned my interest in multiple intelligences.
Howard Gardner
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The biggest communities in which young people now reside are online communities.
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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.
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Since we all have different cognitive profiles, educators should take those individual differences very seriously.
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The problems in our educational system are indissociable from broader malignant trends in our society, and they can't be solved by lots of testing and by punitive actions against schools that are not performing well.
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Contradictory precepts that have guided me for as long as I can remember: 1: I will live forever. 2: I will die tomorrow.
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Well, if storytelling is important, then your narrative ability, or your ability to put into words or use what someone else has put into words effectively, is important too.
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If I know you're very good in music, I can predict with just about zero accuracy whether you're going to be good or bad in other things.
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By nature, I am not an optimist, though I try to act as if I am.
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In a large country like the United States or India, families differ significantly on their own education values, and I don't believe it is necessary to put everyone through the same curricula and assessments.
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The accumulation and cross-generational transmission of wealth in the United States has gone way too far. When a young hedge-fund manager can take home a sum reminiscent of the gross national product of a small country, something is askew.
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Til 1983, I wrote primarily for other psychologists and expected that they would be the principal audience for my book.
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