'Today, people have to continue learning throughout life'

Q&A


Howard Gardner created the theory of Multiple Intelligences, showing people have different ways of learning and expressing diverse information and therefore have many kinds of intelligence, not just one sort. Professor of cognitive psychology at Harvard's Graduate School of Education, Gardner's research impacted education deeply while influencing aspects of leadership, ethics and creativity: Visiting India, Gardner spoke with Tirna Ray about why people differ at certain skills, how teaching and learning must both change as commerce and industry evolve - and how flexible minds could have serious advantages now: 

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-The Times of India, February 20, 2012

Teachers have to balance demands from various quarters: Howard Gardner

"‘Parents should avoid positive and negative narcissism. The challenge is to watch your children very carefully, see what interests them, and find ways to help them.'"

After challenging certain conventional notions of education with his ‘Theory of Multiple Intelligences', renowned developmental psychologist Howard Gardner, Professor of Cognition and Education at the Harvard Graduate School of Education, has been involved in areas such as design of performance-based assessments, education for understanding and the quality of interdisciplinary efforts in education over the past two decades.

In this interview he speaks on some current trends and contemporary challenges in the sphere of education The Hindu : Opinion / Op-Ed : Teachers have to balance demands from various quarters: Howard Gardner.

Prof. Gardner says the best educational systems in the world are the ones that make heroic efforts to provide a quality education for every child.