Howard Gardner teaches cognitive psychology at the Harvard Graduate School of Education. He is directing a study of the ethical dimensions of the new digital media. Dr. Gardner is also a colleague of Chris Dede's.
In a recent article that appeared in the Washington Post, Dr. Howard Gardner (famed author of Frames of Mind: The Theory of Multiple Intelligences and more recently Five Minds for the Future) wrote about a collection of literacies and formats that will impact us in the 21st century. The article touches on teaching and learning, beginning with Plato and continuing to discuss Google. Interesting mix indeed.
Gardner brings an informed and level-minded philosophy to the changing landscape of literacy and media. Read the article...
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In Five Minds for the Future Gardner proposes that thedisciplined, synthesizing, creative, respectful, and ethical intelligences are most important in the future. I especially enjoyed the chapters on synthesizing and creativity. For me, Gardner made a more lucid connection between these two traits than Dan Pink, although in a similar vein.