Howard Gardner Under Fire: The Rebel Psychologist Faces His Critics - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0812696042 ISBN 13: 9780812696042

Publisher: Open Court, 2006

Synopsis

Thirteen critical essays challenge Howard Gardner's theories of multiple intelligences, ability traits, U-shaped curves in development, and other psychological concepts of spirituality, creativity, and leadership. All are answered by Gardner himself, and his pungent replies, coupled with the essays, create a provocative, no-holds-barred debate. Also included are an intellectual autobiography and bibliography.

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About the Author

Howard Gardner is the John H. and Elisabeth A. Hobbs Professor of Cognition and Education at the Harvard Garduate School of Education. He also holds positions as Adjunct Professor of Psychology at Harvard University, Adjunct Professor of Neurology at the Boston University School of Medicine, and Senior Director of Harvard Project Zero. The author of over twenty books translated into twenty-six languages, and several hundred articles, Gardner is best known in educational circles for his theory of multiple intelligences (MI), a critique of the notion that there exists but a single human intelligence that can be assessed by standard psychometric methods. His recent books, available in paperback, are The Disciplined Mind: Beyond Facts and Standardized Tests, the K-12 Education that Every Child Deserves (2000) and Intelligence Reframed: Multiple Intelligences for the 21st Century (1999). In 2004, two new books were published: Changing Minds: The Art and Science of Changing our Own and Other People's Minds and Making Good: How Young People Cope with Moral Dilemmas at Work (with Wendy Fischman, Becca Solomon, and Deborah Greenspan).

Dr. Jeffrey A. Schaler is a psychologist, psychotherapist, teacher, and writer. He wrote Addiction Is a Choice (2000), which became the centerpiece of a controversial John Stossel TV documentary. Dr. Schaler teaches in the Department of Justice, Law, and Society at American University's School of Public Affairs in Washington, D.C. He is Executive Editor of Current Psychology: Developmental, Learning, Personality, Social. His edited volumes include Peter Singer Under Fire (2007), Szasz Under Fire (2004), Drugs: Should We Legalize, Decriminalize, or Deregulate? (1998), and Smoking: Who Has the Right? (with Magda E. Schaler, 1998).

Review

"A lively and thoughtful presentation of Howard Gardner's ideas along with well considered criticisms of them by leading scholars." -- Jerome Bruner, Author of Acts of Meaning

"This examination of Gardner's wide-ranging and influential ideas provides a dazzling intellectual banquet." -- Mindy Kornhaber, Co-author of Multiple Intelligences: Best Ideas from Research and Practice

Edition details

• Publisher: Open Court
• Publication date: 2006
• ISBN 10: 0812696042
• ISBN 13: 9780812696042
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 476
• Editor: Schaler Ph.D. Jeffrey A.