| Description |
296 pages : illustrations, music ; 22 cm |
| Contents |
Ch. 1. A Personal Introduction: An Education for all Human Beings -- Ch. 2. Educational Constants -- Ch. 3. Education in the Future -- Ch. 4. Perspectives of Mind and Brain -- Ch. 5. How Cultures Educate -- Ch. 6. Designing Education for Understanding -- Ch. 7. Disciplined Approaches -- Ch. 8. Close Looks -- Ch. 9. "Multiple Intelligences" Approaches to Understanding -- Ch. 10. Getting there -- Ch. 11. In Closing -- App. "The Trio of Colliding Agendas" |
| Summary |
Howard Gardner's concept of multiple intelligences has been hailed as perhaps the most profound insight into education since the work of Jerome Bruner, Jean Piaget, and, even earlier, John Dewey. Now in The Disciplined Mind, Gardner pulls together the threads of his previous works in a major new synthesis aimed at parents, educators, and the general public alike. The Disciplined Mind looks beyond such parochial issues as charters, vouchers, unions, and affirmative action in order to explore the larger questions of what an educated person should be and how such an education can be achieved for all students. Gardner eloquently argues that the purpose of K-12 education should be to enhance students' deep understanding of truth (and falsity), beauty (and ugliness), and goodness (and evil) as defined by their various cultures. With this stance, Gardner transforms the tired debate between "traditionalists" and "progressives." |
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In an effort to reconcile conflicting educational viewpoints, he proposes the creation of six different educational pathways that, when taken together, could satisfy people's concern for student learning and their widely divergent views of what knowledge and understanding should be |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and indexes |
| Subject |
Education -- Philosophy.
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Learning, Psychology of.
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Comprehension.
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Multiple intelligences.
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| Author |
Gardner, Howard, 1943-
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| ISBN |
0140296247 paperback |
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9780140296242 paperback |
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