New Releases by Howard Gardner

Howard Gardner è lo studioso che più di ogni altro ha trasformato il nostro modo di pensare l’intelligenza, l’educazione e la creatività. Con la teoria delle intelligenze multiple ha superato l’idea di un’unica misura del talento umano, mostrando come ciascuno di noi possieda diverse capacità – linguistiche, logico-matematiche, musicali, corporee, interpersonali, intrapersonali, naturalistiche – che meritano di essere riconosciute e coltivate. Da decenni le sue riflessioni orientano insegnanti, formatori e studiosi in tutto il mondo. Il mestiere della mente è la sintesi più completa e matura del suo percorso, un invito a ripensare la formazione come via per diventare persone curiose, responsabili e capaci di immaginare il futuro. Il volume raccoglie e riorganizza testi articolandosi in due parti. La prima, dedicata all’educazione, affronta i temi che hanno reso Gardner celebre: la diffusione delle intelligenze multiple, i progetti di innovazione didattica, le sfide dell’apprendimento nell’era digitale, le cinque menti per il futuro. La seconda parte si concentra sulla mente: ritratti di maestri come Piaget e Bruner, riflessioni sull’arte e sui simboli, le analisi sulla leadership e sul “buon lavoro”, fino alle meditazioni sul futuro delle professioni e sulla “mente sintetica”, strumento indispensabile per orientarsi nella complessità contemporanea. Ne nasce un libro che è insieme memoir intellettuale, saggio teorico e manuale di riferimento: prezioso per chi lavora nella scuola e nell’università, ma anche per chi si occupa di formazione e guida persone in contesti professionali. Il mestiere della mente è il bilancio di cinquant’anni di ricerca e al tempo stesso una ripartenza: un libro che insegna a coltivare intelligenze, valori e responsabilità, indicando le strade per una cittadinanza più consapevole, un lavoro più giusto e una riflessione critica sulle sfide educative del nostro tempo. Il pensiero di Howard Gardner in una sintesi definitiva: intelligenze multiple, arte, scuola, lavoro e leadership. Un libro che unisce teoria e pratica, educazione e cittadinanza, per formare menti curiose, responsabili e creative.

"A survey of Howard Gardner's contributions to our understanding of learning, and how to create environments that support growth in all learners across the lifespan"--

"Howard Gardner's life's study and his theory of multiple intelligences show how an understanding of human cognitive capacities and processes manifests itself in several domains, such as artistry, leadership, creativity, and excellence in the professions"--

Why higher education in the United States has lost its way, and how universities and colleges can focus sharply on their core mission. For The Real World of College, Wendy Fischman and Howard Gardner analyzed in-depth interviews with more than 2,000 students, alumni, faculty, administrators, parents, trustees, and others, which were conducted at ten institutions ranging from highly selective liberal arts colleges to less-selective state schools. What they found challenged characterizations in the media: students are not preoccupied by political correctness, free speech, or even the cost of college. They are most concerned about their GPA and their resumes; they see jobs and earning potential as more important than learning. Many say they face mental health challenges, fear that they don’t belong, and feel a deep sense of alienation. Given this daily reality for students, has higher education lost its way? Fischman and Gardner contend that US universities and colleges must focus sharply on their core educational mission. Fischman and Gardner, both recognized authorities on education and learning, argue that higher education in the United States has lost sight of its principal reason for existing: not vocational training, not the provision of campus amenities, but to increase what Fischman and Gardner call “higher education capital”—to help students think well and broadly, express themselves clearly, explore new areas, and be open to possible transformations. Fischman and Gardner offer cogent recommendations for how every college can become a community of learners who are open to change as thinkers, citizens, and human beings.

This brilliant and revolutionary theory of multiple intelligences reexamines the goals of education to support a more educated society for future generations. Howard Gardner’s concept of multiple intelligences has been hailed as perhaps the most profound insight into education since the work of Jerome Bruner, Jean Piaget, and even John Dewey. Here, in The Disciplined Mind, Garner pulls together the threads of his previous works and looks beyond such issues as charters, vouchers, unions, and affirmative action in order to explore the larger questions of what constitutes an educated person and how this can be achieved for all students. Gardner eloquently argues that the purpose of K–12 education should be to enhance students’ deep understanding of the truth (and falsity), beauty (and ugliness), and goodness (and evil) as defined by their various cultures. By exploring the theory of evolution, the music of Mozart, and the lessons of the Holocaust as a set of examples that illuminates the nature of truth, beauty, and morality, The Disciplined Mind envisions how younger generations will rise to the challenges of the future—while preserving the traditional goals of a “humane” education. Gardner’s ultimate goal is the creation of an educated generation that understands the physical, biological, and societal world in their own personal context as well as in a broader world view. But even as Gardner persuasively argues the merits of his approach, he recognizes the difficulty of developing one universal, ideal form of education. In an effort to reconcile conflicting educational viewpoints, he proposes the creation of six different educational pathways that, when taken together, can satisfy people’s concern for student learning and their widely divergent views about knowledge and understanding overall.

El antiguo problema de los diferentes tipos de inteligencia, presente desde el origen de la psicología científica en el siglo XlX, es evocado y analizado en este libro a la luz de enfoques más avanzados y tras una cuidadosa revisión de la bibliografía internacional. (Fuente: Casa del libro).

El teórico de las inteligencias múltiples va más allá y explora el espacio de las diferentes capacidades cognitivas. Vivimos en una época de cambios descomunales caracterizados por la aceleración de la globalización, la acumulación de cantidades ingentes de información y la creciente hegemonía de la ciencia y la tecnología. Estos cambios requieren nuevas formas de aprendizaje y de pensamiento tanto en el ámbito académico como en el mundo de la economía y en el profesional. En Las cinco mentes del futuro, el destacado psicólogo Howard Gardner define las cinco capacidades cognitivas que en los años venideros van a ser las más solicitadas: la mente disciplinar, la mente sintetizante, la mente creativa, la mente respetuosa y la mente ética.

Sin duda alguna, la teoría de las «inteligencias múltiples» de Howard Gardner revolucionó el mundo de la educación y de la psicología en las postrimerías del siglo XX, y atrajo a innumerables educadores, padres e investigadores interesados por el papel del individuo en este proceso. El presente libro ofrece una especie de síntesis de toda esta labor con el objetivo de que resulte accesible para todo tipo de lectores.

The man who revolutionized the understanding of intelligence now gives readers a pathbreaking view of creativity, along with riveting portraits of seven figures who each reinvented an area of human endeavor.

Howard Gardner's theory of Multiple Intelligences (MI) has become a cornerstone of American education. This is the first book to draw upon an international network of MI practitioners to share stories and strategies of educational innovation. Each contributor addresses key questions of MI application. How have different people implemented MI? How do different cultures assimilate this intelligence theory to fit their educational values and traditions? What kinds of cultural conflicts are encountered along the way? And, what universal lessons can be drawn from these experiences?

Escrito e organizado pelo criador das Inteligências Múltiplas (IM), este livro revisa, sintetiza e reflete sobre a teoria das inteligências múltiplas, singular fenômeno transcultural e educacional. Gardner e colaboradores investigam as várias maneiras de se aplicar a teoria das IM em ambientes educacionais ao redor do mundo e apresentam, de maneira contextualizada e prática, uma nova e completa compreensão da teoria.

In a provocative discussion of the sources of human creativity, Gardner explores all aspects of the subject, from the young child’s ability to learn a new song through Mozart’s conceiving a complete symphony.

This collection of essays focuses on how workers conceptualize and act upon their responsibilities at work. The contributors examine creativity, drive, caring, and purpose as models and explore the dysfunctions that can lead to compromised work and employee cynicism.

Vivemos em um tempo de grandes mudanças, que envolvem uma rápida globalização, quantidades crescentes de informações, a hegemonia crescente da ciência e da tecnologia e um choque de civilizações. Essas mudanças exigem novas maneiras de pensar e aprender na escola, nos negócios e nas profissões. Neste livro são definidas as habilidades cognitivas que terão valor nos anos que virão - a mente disciplinada - o domínio das principais escolas de pensamento (incluindo ciências, matemática e história) e pelo menos uma habilidade profissional; a mente sintetizadora - a capacidade de integrar idéias de diferentes disciplinas ou esferas em um todo coerente e de transmitir essa integração para outras pessoas; a mente criadora - a capacidade de revelar e resolver novos problemas, questões e fenômenos; a mente respeitosa - a consciência e compreensão das diferenças entre os seres humanos; a mente ética - o cumprimento das próprias responsabilidades como trabalhador e cidadão.

Leading American psychologist and educator Howard Gardner has assembled his most important writings about education. Spanning over thirty years, this collection reveals the thinking, the concepts and the empirical research that have made Gardner one of the most respected and cited educational authorities of our time. Trained originally as a psychologist at Harvard University, Howard Gardner begins with personal sketches and tributes to his major teachers and mentors. He then presents the work for which he is best-known – the theory of multiple intelligences – including a summary of the original theory and accounts of how it has been updated over the years. Other seminal papers featured include: education in the arts the nature of understanding powerful ways in which to assess learning broad statements about the educational enterprise how education is likely to evolve in the globalised world of the twenty-first century.

Harvard psychologist Howard Gardner has been acclaimed as the most influential educational theorist since John Dewey. His ideas about intelligence and creativity - explicated in such bestselling books as Frames of Mind and Multiple Intelligences (over 200,000 copies in print combined) - have revolutionized our thinking. In his groundbreaking 1983 book Frames of Mind , Howard Gardner first introduced the theory of multiple intelligences, which posits that intelligence is more than a single property of the human mind. That theory has become widely accepted as one of the seminal ideas of the twentieth century and continues to attract attention all over the world. Now in Intelligence Reframed , Gardner provides a much-needed report on the theory, its evolution and revisions. He offers practical guidance on the educational uses of the theory and responds to the critiques leveled against him. He also introduces two new intelligences (existential intelligence and naturalist intelligence) and argues that the concept of intelligence should be broadened, but not so absurdly that it includes every human virtue and value. Ultimately, argues Gardner, possessing a basic set of seven or eight intelligences is not only a unique trademark of the human species, but also perhaps even a working definition of the species. Gardner also offers provocative ideas about creativity, leadership, and moral excellence, and speculates about the relationship between multiple intelligences and the world of work in the future.

L'intelligence ne se réduirait pas à l'aptitude verbale et analytique, qu'enseigne et évalue l'école, mais comprendrait aussi d'autres formes : la création artistique, le raisonnement spatial, la capacité de comprendre les autres ... Etude de quatre types de personnalité à travers les exemples de W.A. Mozart, S. Freud, V. Woolf et le mahatma Gandhi.

Em 'Inteligência- um conceito reformulado', Gardner nos traz um necessário relatório sobre o desenvolvimento de sua teoria. ELe descreve como ela evoluiu ao longo do tempo, introduz a possibilidade de três novas inteligências (mas cunha apenas a inteligência existencial e a inteligência naturalista), e argumenta que o conceito de inteligência deve ser expandido mas não a tal ponto que chegue a incluir todas as faculdades humanas ou que abranja sistemas de valores específicos. O Autor também dá um direcionamento prático para os educadores que querem usar sua teoria em escolas e museus e responde com energia às críticas que foram lançadas em oposição a este uso. GArdner expõe suas idéias provocantes a respeito das múltiplas formas de criatividade, liderança, conduta moral e especula sobre a relação entre as inteligências múltiplas e o mundo profissional do futuro.

The groundbreaking work of Harvard University psychologist Howard Gardner on multiple intelligences and Tufts University psychologist David Henry Feldman on nonuniversal development is fast becoming the standard by which children's intelligence and cognitive development is understood. In this landmark three-volume set, Mara Krechevsky and her colleagues at Project Zero make these insights available for both teachers and scholars alike. This curriculum resource provides enriching activities in a wide variety of disciplines, including mechanics and construction, movement, and music.

The groundbreaking work of Harvard University psychologist Howard Gardner on multiple intelligences and Tufts University psychologist David Henry Feldman on nonuniversal development is fast becoming the standard by which children's intelligence and cognitive development is understood. In this landmark three-volume set, Mara Krechevsky and her colleagues at Project Zero make these insights available for both teachers and scholars alike.