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Howard Gardner

Learning and Cognitive Theorists

American developmental psychologist, the Hobbs Research Professor of Cognition and Education at the Harvard Graduate School of Education and a senior director of Harvard's Project Zero research group. His 1983 theory of multiple intelligences challenged the idea of a single measurable intelligence, arguing instead for a plurality of relatively independent cognitive capacities, and has been widely influential, and widely debated, in curriculum and assessment design since.

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Birth Year
1943 1
Birthplace
Scranton, Pennsylvania 1
Nationality / Culture
American 1
Defining Contribution
Proposed the theory of multiple intelligences (1983), arguing human cognitive ability is not a single general factor but a set of distinct intelligences (linguistic, logical-mathematical, spatial, musical, bodily-kinesthetic, interpersonal, intrapersonal and others), reshaping how schools think about ability and assessment. 1
Notable Work
Frames of Mind: The Theory of Multiple Intelligences (1983) 1
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Multiple Intelligences Theory

Howard Gardner
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Harvard University, Institutions and Systems

Gardner developed the theory of multiple intelligences while on the Harvard faculty.

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In Approach

Cognitivism, Pedagogical Approaches
Multiple Intelligences Theory, Learning Theory and Concepts
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Informed By

Jean Piaget, Thinkers

Gardner trained in the developmental tradition of Piaget

Theories and Approaches Developed

Multiple Intelligences Theory, Learning Theory and Concepts
Source Simply Psychology
Additional Source WikipediaTheory of multiple intelligences, lead section
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1. Encyclopaedia Britannica
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  • Theories and Approaches Developed: Multiple Intelligences Theory, Theory of multiple intelligences, lead section
    Gardner defined intelligence as a biopsychological potential to process information that can be activated in a cultural setting to solve problems.
  • Associated With: Harvard University, en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Howard_Gardner, lead section
    He is the John H. and Elisabeth A. Hobbs Research Professor of Cognition and Education at Harvard University.
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Simply Psychology
In Approach: Multiple Intelligences Theory, overview section
Quote, In Approach: Multiple Intelligences Theory, overview section
Howard Gardner first proposed the theory of multiple intelligences in his 1983 book Frames of Mind.
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