We are natural mind changing entities until we are 10 or so. But as we get older...then it is very hard to… — Howard Gardner Copy Share Image
Most people (by the time they have become adults ) can't change their minds because their neural pathways have become set... the… — Howard Gardner Copy Share Image
I want my children to understand the world, but not just because the world is fascinating and the human mind is curious.… — Howard Gardner Copy Share Image
Kids go to school and college and get through, but they don't seem to really care about using their minds. School doesn't… — Howard Gardner Copy Share Image
Fundamentalism is a kind of decision not to change your mind about something...Many of us are fundamentalists...because it worked pretty well for… — Howard Gardner Copy Share Image
An intelligence is the biological and psychological potential to analyze information in specific ways, in order to solve problems or to create… — Howard Gardner Copy Share Image
I am knowledgeable enough about the world of prizes to realize that there is a large degree of luck - both for… — Howard Gardner Copy Share Image
I am trained as a psychologist, and I think of all human issues in terms of psychology, neuroscience, genetics, and evolutionary theory. — Howard Gardner Copy Share Image
On the basis of research in several disciplines, including the study of how human capacities are represented in the brain, I developed… — Howard Gardner Copy Share Image
But once we realize that people have very different kinds of minds, different kinds of strengths -- some people are good in… — Howard Gardner Copy Share Image
Contradictory precepts that have guided me for as long as I can remember: 1: I will live forever. 2: I will die tomorrow. — Howard Gardner Copy Share
I believe that the brain has evolved over millions of years to be responsive to different kinds of content in the world. Language content,… — Howard Gardner Copy Share
Emile Zola was a poor student at his school at Aix. We are all so different largely because we all have different combinations of… — Howard Gardner Copy Share
We've got to do fewer things in school. The greatest enemy of understanding is coverage... You've got to take enough time to get kids… — Howard Gardner Copy Share
Students should learn about the long-standing values of truth, beauty, and goodness, think hard about them, and interrogate them skillfully. — Howard Gardner Copy Share
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… — Howard Gardner Copy Share
Intelligence is the ability to find and solve problems and create products of value in one's own culture. — Howard Gardner Copy Share
To ask "Where in your brain is intelligence?" is like asking "Where is the voice in the radio?" — Howard Gardner Copy Share
The biggest communities in which young people now reside are online communities. — Howard Gardner Copy Share
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… — Howard Gardner Copy Share
Perhaps, indeed, there are no truly universal ethics: or to put it more precisely, the ways in which ethical principles are interpreted will inevitably… — Howard Gardner Copy Share
I favor a system where students in publicly funded institutions make a commitment: if they do well in the private sector, they will revert… — Howard Gardner Copy Share
An individual understands a concept, skill, theory, or domain of knowledge to the extent that he or she can apply it appropriately in a… — Howard Gardner Copy Share
If we want to have good workers and good citizens, we need to create common spaces in which individuals can talk about the moral… — Howard Gardner Copy Share
