Title: Howard Gardner Biography and Theories
Headings: Howard Gardner Biography and Theories
Howard Gardner Biography and Theories
Brief Biography of Howard Gardner
Career and Theories
Howard Gardener's Awards
Selected Publications
Multiple Intelligences vs. Learning Styles
A Word From Verywell

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Howard Gardner Biography and Theories
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Kendra Cherry
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Biography
Career and Theories
Awards
Selected Publications
Contrasting Views
Howard Gardner is a developmental psychologist best-known for this theory of multiple intelligences. He believed that the conventional concept of intelligence was too narrow and restrictive and that measures of IQ often miss out on other "intelligences" that an individual may possess. His 1983 book Frames of Mind, outlined his theory and his eight major types of intelligence. Gardner's theory had a particular impact in the field of education where it inspired teachers and educators to explore new ways of teaching aimed at these different intelligences. 1 ﻿
"We have this myth that the only way to learn something is to read it in a textbook or hear a lecture on it. And the only way to show that we've understood something is to take a short-answer test or maybe occasionally with an essay question thrown in. But that's nonsense. Everything can be taught in more than one way," Howard Gardner has suggested.