Much of the material presented in schools strikes students as alien, if not pointless. — Howard Gardner Copy Share Image
Emile Zola was a poor student at his school at Aix. We are all so different largely because we all have different… — Howard Gardner Copy Share Image
When a child is thriving, there is no reason to spend time assessing intelligences. But when a child is NOT thriving -… — 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
What is usually called 'intelligence' refers to the linguistic and logical capacities that are valued in certain kinds of school and for… — Howard Gardner Copy Share Image
For most, the school is the first model of a community, and it can be a very powerful one. We need to… — Howard Gardner Copy Share Image
We've got to do fewer things in school. The greatest enemy of understanding is coverage... You've got to take enough time to… — Howard Gardner Copy Share Image
Kids make their mark in life by doing what they can do, not what they can't... School is important, but life is… — Howard Gardner Copy Share Image
Distinguish between the work and the job title. When I was leaving school in the early 1970s, many people wanted to be… — 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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
Intelligence is the ability to find and solve problems and create products of value in one's own culture. — Howard Gardner Copy Share Image
To ask "Where in your brain is intelligence?" is like asking "Where is the voice in the radio?" — Howard Gardner Copy Share Image
“Stories are the single most powerful weapon in a leader’s arsenal” — Howard Gardner Copy Share Image
The biggest communities in which young people now reside are online communities. — Howard Gardner Copy Share Image
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 Image
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 Image
