"The biggest mistake of past centuries in teaching……" — Howard Gardner
"The biggest mistake of past centuries in teaching has been to treat all students as if they were variants of the same individual and thus to feel justified in teaching them all the same subjects the same way."
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49 Quotes by Howard Gardner
Howard Gardner has 49 quotes on this site.
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To ask "Where in your brain is intelligence?" is like asking "Where is the voice in the radio?"
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Creativity begins with an affinity for something. It's like falling in love.
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Now intelligence seemed quantifiable. You could measure someone's actual or potential height, and now, it seemed, you could also measure…
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Teachers must be encouraged - I almost said 'freed', to pursue an education that strives for depth of understanding.
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If Confucius can serve as the Patron Saint of Chinese education, let me propose Socrates as his equivalent in a…
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What we want... is for students to get more interested in things, more involved in them, more engaged in wanting…
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You learn at your best when you have something you care about and can get pleasure in being engaged in.
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We've got to do fewer things in school. The greatest enemy of understanding is coverage... You've got to take enough…
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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…
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Part of the maturity of the sciences is an appreciation of which questions are best left to other disciplinary approaches.
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Knowledge is not the same as morality, but we need to understand if we are to avoid past mistakes and…
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It's not how smart you are that matters, what really counts is how you are smart.
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I keep my friends as misers do their treasure, because, of all the things granted us by wisdom, none is…
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We must all make peace so that we can all live in peace.
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Wise people, even though all laws were abolished, would still lead the same life.
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A friend to all is a friend to none.
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