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"Gardner's memoir places his work on multiple intelligences within the arc of his academic career, and presents a defense of the scholarly and public value of powerful 'works of synthesis.'"--
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
Summary
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.
