Intelligence Reframed: Multiple Intelligences for the 21st Century
by Howard Gardner
List Price:
Our Price: $9.99
You Save: $8.01 (44%)
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
Buy Used: from $5.64 (click here)
Category: Book
See more book details and other editions
Book Summary Information
Author: Howard GardnerEdition: Paperback
Audio: English (Original Language); English (Unknown); English (Published)
Published: 2000-09-17
ISBN: 0465026117
Number of pages: 304
Publisher: Basic Books
Book Reviews of Intelligence Reframed: Multiple Intelligences for the 21st Century
Book Review: A Matrix of (Literally) Human Resources
Summary: 5 Stars
I found this a difficult but rewarding book to read. Its basic premise is that "intelligence is too important to be left to the intelligence testers." Gardner notes that, during the past half century, many assumptions about the human mind and the human brain have been challenged...in some instances revised. "For example, we now understand that the human mind, reflecting the structure of the brain, is composed of modules or faculties. At the same time, in light of scientific and technological changes, the needs and desires of cultures all over the world have undergone equally dramatic shifts." The task Gardner sets for himself, therefore, is to introduce and then explain his theory of multiple intelligences (MI) in juxtaposition with the traditional view of intelligence.
After describing the traditional view of intelligence in Chapter 2, he next considers several "new candidate intelligences" (naturalist, spiritual, existential, and moral). In the remaining chapters, he addresses questions and criticisms about his theory; dispels some of the more prominent myths; explores the relationships among intelligence, creativity, and leadership; suggests how his theory can be applied; discusses the theory in scholastic settings, then in"the wider world"; and then in the final chapter, explores in greater depth (returning to issues raised in Chapter 1) "my answer to the provocative question, "Who owns intelligence?'"
Gardner "reframes" our understanding of human intelligence by increasing the number and nature of our perspectives on it. That is to say, he creates a wider, deeper, and more diverse frame-of-reference in which certain conclusions which, for many apparently, are controversial. For example, "the saga of individual consciousness cannot be reduced to formulas or generalizations." Moreover, "no two selves, no two consciousnesses, no two minds are exactly alike." Therefore, "Each of is...is situated to make a unique contribution to the world." The challenge for the human race is to discover "our deepest common tie -- that we are all joint products of natural and cultural evolution."
I am reminded of what Walt Whitman once said: "Do I contradict myself? Very well, then, I contradict myself. I am large. I contain multitudes." Gardner seems to be suggesting that, if each human being contains "multitudes," it is imperative that we cherish as well as recognize such diversity and complexity. Only then can we "in a complementary but synergistic way" ensure "that Nature and Culture survive for future generations." For all of us, Gardner's theory has profound implications. It also suggests substantial benefits if we apply this theory within and throughout what is sometimes referred to as "The Family of Man."
Business & Investing Books
Book Subjects
- Arts & Photography
- Audiobooks on Cassette
- Audiobooks on CD
- Biographies & Memoirs
- Business & Investing
- Children's Books
- Comics & Graphic Novels
- Computers & Internet
- Cooking, Food & Wine
- e-Books
- Engineering
- Entertainment
- Gay & Lesbian
- Health, Mind & Body
- History
- Home & Garden
- Horror
- Law
- Literature & Fiction
- Medicine
- Mystery & Thrillers
- Nonfiction
- Outdoors & Nature
- Parenting & Families
- Professional & Technical
- Reference
- Religion & Spirituality
- Romance
- Science
- Science Fiction & Fantasy
- Sports
- Teens
- Travel
Most talked about in Books on Education
Peripheral Visions: Learning along the Wayby Mary C. Bateson
Harper Paperbacks; Published: 1995-05-24; Paperback; Book
Best price: $3.37
Price in other shops:
Schools That Learn: A Fifth Discipline Fieldbook for Educators, Parents, and Everyone Who Cares About Educationby Peter M. Senge, Nelda H. Cambron McCabe, Timothy Lucas, Art Kleiner, Janis Dutton, Bryan Smith
Doubleday Business; Published: 2000-09-12; Paperback; Book
Best price: $21.44
Price in other shops:
Pedagogy of the Oppressedby Paulo Freire
Continuum International Publishing Group; Published: 2000-09; Paperback; Book
Best price: $16.00
Price in other shops:
Horace's School: Redesigning the American High Schoolby Theodore R. Sizer
Mariner Books; Published: 1997-09-09; Paperback; Book
Best price: $5.70
Price in other shops:
Intelligence Reframed: Multiple Intelligences for the 21st Centuryby Howard Gardner
Basic Books; Published: 2000-09-17; Paperback; Book
Best price: $9.92
Price in other shops:
A Different Kind of Teacher: Solving the Crisis of American Schoolingby John Taylor Gatto
Berkeley Hills Books; Published: 2002-04; Paperback; Book
Best price: $24.90
The Underground History of American Educationby John Taylor Gatto
The Oxford Village Press; Published: 2001; Paperback; Book
Best price: $48.50
Dumbing Us Down: The Hidden Curriculum of Compulsory Schoolingby John Taylor Gatto
New Society Publishers; Published: 2002-02-01; Paperback; Book
Best price: $6.00
Price in other shops:
The Courage to Teach: Exploring the Inner Landscape of a Teacher's Lifeby Parker J. Palmer
Jossey-Bass; Published: 1997-11-21; Hardcover; Book
Best price: $7.90
Price in other shops:
Left Back: A Century of Battles over School Reformby Diane Ravitch
Simon & Schuster; Published: 2001-07-31; Paperback; Book
Best price: $4.14
Price in other shops:
Similar books summaries and other product reviews
Multiple Intelligences: The Theory in Practiceby Howard Gardner
Basic Books; Published: 1993-03; Paperback; Book
Best price: $8.37
Price in other shops:
7 (Seven) Kinds of Smart: Identifying and Developing Your Multiple Intelligencesby Thomas Armstrong
Plume; Published: 1999-10-01; Paperback; Book
Best price: $6.98
Price in other shops:
Multiple Intelligences in the Classroom, 2nd editionby Thomas Armstrong
Association for Supervision & Curriculum Deve; Published: 2000-05-15; Paperback; Book
Best price: $15.97
Price in other shops:
Out of Our Minds: Learning to be Creativeby Ken Robinson
Capstone; Published: 2001-03-15; Paperback; Book
Best price: $18.35
Price in other shops:
The Disciplined Mind: Beyond Facts and Standardized Tests, the K-12 Education that Every Child Deservesby Howard Gardner
Penguin (Non-Classics); Published: 2000-09-01; Paperback; Book
Best price: $7.50
Price in other shops:
Changing Minds: The Art And Science of Changing Our Own And Other People's Minds (Leadership for the Common Good)by Howard Gardner
Harvard Business School Press; Published: 2006-09-30; Paperback; Book
Best price: $7.75
Price in other shops:
The Unschooled Mind: How Children Think and How Schools Should Teachby Howard Gardner
Published: 1993-05; Paperback; Book
Best price: $10.09
Price in other shops:
Five Minds for the Futureby Howard Gardner
Harvard Business School Press; Published: 2007-04-03; Hardcover; Book
Best price: $16.92
Price in other shops:
Multiple Intelligences: New Horizons in Theory and Practiceby Howard Gardner
Basic Books; Published: 2006-07-03; Paperback; Book
Best price: $11.96
Price in other shops:
Frames Of Mind: The Theory Of Multiple Intelligencesby Howard Gardner
Basic Books; Published: 1993-04-20; Paperback; Book
Best price: $5.28
Price in other shops: