A Synthesizing Mind - A Memoir from the Creator of Multiple Intelligences Theory

Zusatztext "An insightful memoir from an eminent psychologist." – Kirkus Reviews "An easy and worthwhile read." – The Washington Post "In a world where brains and neurons have too readily been exploited as explanations for human behavior, Howard Gardner’s much awaited memoir takes us in a different direction: into the life of the mind. More impressively still, this deeply reflective text opens up to every reader’s inspection the extraordinary mind in the life of one of the greatest and most frequently cited intellectuals of modern times."  – Andy Hargreaves, Research Professor, Boston College; author of  Moving: A Memoir of Education and Social Mobility "This is a personal yet objective account of the evolution of a peerless scholar. Howard’s reflective storytelling and his insightful narration of the events that shaped him are a joy to read, giving us an intimate insight into how multiple, often seemingly disparate threads intertwine to shape an exceptional mind." – Kiran Bir Sethi, Founder, The Riverside School and Design for Change "It’s been quipped that theories in psychology are true of those who propose them, and that’s certainly the case with Howard Gardner: creative, openminded, artful, disciplined, and in command of multiple intelligences. It’s a cause for celebration that one of our most influential living psychologists has trained his insight onto his own life and work."  – Steven Pinker, Johnstone Professor of Psychology, Harvard University; author of  How the Mind Works  and  Enlightenment Now "Read this book for Gardner’s self-reflection — a mind that synthesizes ideas writing about how it came to be a mind that synthesizes ideas — and for what he has to say about the changing academic and intellectual world around him. Are we narrowing our focus when we most need open minds?"  – Sherry Turkle, Professor, MIT; author of  Reclaiming Conversation: The Power of Talk in a Digital Age  and  Alone Together: Why We Expect More from Technology and Less from Each Other "Howard Gardner has done what scholars dream of doing but rarely accomplish: he had a powerfully original idea which he developed in a way that changed an entire field, reaching well beyond the academy and affecting our nation’s social policy and collective understanding.  A Synthesizing Mind  is an illuminating account of how such a breakthrough came about, a thick description of the life trajectory and the intellectual formation that led to this enduring achievement."  – Stephen Greenblatt, author of  Tyrant: Shakespeare on Politics Informationen zum Autor Howard Gardner Klappentext An authority on the human mind reflects on his intellectual development, his groundbreaking work, and different types of intelligences—including his own. Howard Gardner's Frames of Mind was that rare publishing phenomenon—a mind-changer. Widely read by the general public as well as by educators, this influential book laid out Gardner's theory of multiple intelligences. It debunked the primacy of the IQ test and inspired new approaches to education; entire curricula, schools, museums, and parents' guides were dedicated to the nurturing of the several intelligences. In his new book, A Synthesizing Mind, Gardner reflects on his intellectual development and his groundbreaking work, tracing his evolution from bookish child to eager college student to disengaged graduate student to Harvard professor. Gardner discusses his mentors (including Erik Erikson and Jerome Bruner) and his collaborators (Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi, William Damon, and others). Comedian Groucho Marx makes a surprise (non-)appearance, declining Gardner's invitation to chat with Harvard College students, in favor of "making a living.” Throughout his career, Gardner has focused on human minds in general, or ...

List of contents

Introduction ix 
Part I The Formation of a Synthesizing Mind 
1 My Ten-Year-Old Mind 3 
2 Weighing Tests and Tracks 19 
3 Discovering Enduring Interests and Alluring Approaches 35 
4 Resisting a Single Frame 63 
5 Assembling a Network of Enterprises 91 
Part II Multiple Intelligences: Reframing a Human Conversation 
6 Steps toward Frames 109 
7 Reactions to MI 129 
8 MI in the World 141 
9 Putting MI in Its Place 159 
Part III Unpacking the Synthesizing Mind 
10 On to Education and Good Work 177 
11 My Scattered Pursuits and the Mind That Connects Them 197 
12 Understanding the Synthesizing Mind 211 
Acknowledgments 237 
Appendix: List of Blog Posts by the Author 239 
Bibliography 245 
Index 249

About the author

Howard Gardner

Product details

• Authors: Howard Gardner, Gardner Howard
• Publisher: The MIT Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.09.2020
• EAN: 9780262044264
• ISBN: 978-0-262-04426-4
• No. of pages: 256
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature > Letters, diaries; Memoirs, EDUCATION / Learning Styles, Educational psychology, Cognition & cognitive psychology, Cognition and cognitive psychology, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Memoirs