1. How do you think? -Disciplined Mind -Synthesizing Mind -Creating Mind
-Respectful Mind
-Ethical Mind
“I concern myself with minds that people will need if they, if we, are to thrive in the world during the eras to come.”
~ Howard Gardner
Gina Gudowski
GRS 601- History and Philosophy of Ideas
Patricia McDonald
Siena Heights University
3/6/14

2. About Howard Gardner…….
Disciplined Mind
“The world of the future will demand capacities that, until now, have been mere options. Have you begun developing those capacities?”
-Howard Gardner
-Training to perfect a skill
-Master the knowledge in your field
-Knowledge of major schools of though
-Math
-Science
-History
Synthesizing Mind
- Integration of Ideas
- Through the use of different disciplines
- Communicate this integration to others
About Howard Gardner…….
Creating Mind
Ask questions
Think Critically
Clarify Problems
Uncover Phenomena
Howard Gardner is currently the Hobbs Professor of Cognition and Education at the Harvard Graduate School of Education. He is the author of 29 books published in over thirty different languages.
He is best known for his theory of multiple intelligences introduced in the late 1970’s. He critiques the standard view of intellect, and proposes that we as humans have multiple intelligences.
He has spent considerable time on Project Zero, in which he and other colleagues design performance based assessments using the multiple intelligence theory to achieve more personalized curriculum, and instruction.
Respectful Mind
Appreciation
Awareness
Understanding of differences
Ethical Mind
Fulfillment of ones responsibilities as a worker and a citizen.