Insights From the World’s Most Renowned Educationalist

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Howard Gardner’s Theory of Multiple Intelligences debunked the primacy of the IQ test and revolutionized how we nurture young minds.

Many scholars hope their ideas will change the world. Harvard’s Howard Gardner is that rare example who unequivocally succeeded. His Theory of Multiple Intelligences argued that the traditional definition of general intelligence was too narrow, and instead proposed that eight largely distinct forms of intelligence existed—each with their own value in human society and culture.

Hugely influential in education, psychology and the wider culture, instrumental to books as diverse as Daniel Goleman’s Emotional Intelligence and Paul Tough’s How Children Succeed, admired by thinkers and practitioners from across a wide range of disciplines and fields of endeavor, Gardner’s theory forever changed how we teach children and understand our own minds.

Now he joins How To Academy to reflect upon a life dedicated to understanding our capacities for intellectual development, from the Multiple Intelligences Theory to his continuing investigations of the human mind and how it works—particularly in ethics and the creative arts.

Fans of Daniel Kahneman, Iain McGilchrist, Oliver Sacks and Stephen Jay Gould ought not to miss this rare opportunity to hear from one of the most renowned cognitive scientists working today.

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