During the 1980s, I was teaching in Philadelphia’s Quaker school system. Highly regarded for their progressive approach to learning, Friends schools were on the cutting edge of educational reform in ...

The education world gets obsessed sometimes with trying to come up with ways to measure smarts. But today we’re talking with someone who has a history of shaking up the narrative when it comes to ...

The theory of multiple intelligences, which turns 20 this year, remains popular even as skeptics question author Howard Gardner's claims. In 1983, when Howard Gardner published Frames of Mind, the ...

According to Howard Gardner’s theory of multiple intelligences, humans have several different ways of processing information, such as spatial, interpersonal and logical-mathematical -- and these ways ...

Decades ago, I was thrilled to chat with renowned psychologist Howard Gardner, who conceived the concept of multiple intelligences. He posits that everyone has not just a single general ability but ...

One of the most respected voices in education reform was once a shy, introspective student from Scranton. A graduate of Wyoming Seminary in Kingston and the University of Harvard, Howard Gardner, Ph.D ...

Many people find the idea that there are many different types of intelligence very appealing. Howard Gardner disparages IQ tests as having limited relevance to real life and argued that there may be ...

Howard Gardner, Hobbs professor of education and cognition at the Harvard Graduate School of Education, received an offer recently from a lawyer in Quito, Ecuador. For just $600, the man said, he ...

This story was originally published on December 11, 2000. Author Howard Gardner is the father of "multiple intelligences" theory. The Hobbs professor of cognition and education at the Harvard Graduate ...

Many people find the idea that there are many different types of intelligence very appealing. Howard Gardner disparages IQ tests as having limited relevance to real life and argued that there may be ...