About this title: The brilliant educator who revolutionized our thinking with his theory of multiple intelligences now asks what--and how--we should be teaching our children.
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Description: Good. Former Library book. Shows some signs of wear, and may have some markings on the inside. Shipped to over one million happy customers. Your purchase benefits world literacy! read more
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Penguin (Non-Classics)
Date Published: 2000
ISBN-13:9780140296242ISBN:0140296247
Description: Good. 2000; Paperback; No notes/hiliting; Bumped corners; Clean pages; Cover corner crease; Lightly edgeworn cover; No dog-ears; Strong binding; top corner of book is bent due to mis-storage. read more
Description: Penguin Books, New York, 2000; Near Fine; no d/j; First Penguin Books Edition, First Printing; Beyond facts and standardized tests, the K-12 education that every child deserves. read more
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Penguin USA, E Rutherford, New Jersey, U.S.A.
Date Published: 2000
ISBN-13:9780140296242ISBN:0140296247
Description: Very Good. No Jacket. 5x8 softcover with blue cover with white lettering on front and orange spine with black lettering. Gardner explores how teaching students three subjects-the theory of evolution, the music of Mozart, and the lessons of the Holocaust-would illuminate the nature of truth, beauty and morality. This is a Very Good copy with some highlighting and some edgewear and rubbing. 296 pages. read more
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Penguin Group USA
Date Published: 2000-09-01
ISBN-13:9780140296242ISBN:0140296247
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Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Penguin (Non-Classics)
Date Published: 2000
ISBN-13:9780140296242ISBN:0140296247
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Description: Good. Light shelving wear with minimal damage to cover and bindings. Pages show minor use. Help save a tree. Buy all your used books from Green Earth Books. Read. Recycle and Reuse! read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: PENGUIN GROUP
Date Published: 2000
ISBN-13:9780140296242ISBN:0140296247
Description: New. WHAT--AND HOW--SHOULD WE BE TEACHING OUR CHILDREN? In The Disciplined Mind, Howard Gardner, the brilliant educator who revolutionized our thinking with his theory of multiple intelligences, offers a controversial and far-reaching work on the goal... read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Penguin (Non-Classics)
Date Published: 2000
ISBN-13:9780140296242ISBN:0140296247
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"Anyone who works with kids and pays attention must realize that many of them are talented--even brilliant--in ways that are not recognized or valued in schools. The concept of "multiple intelligences," first proposed by Howard Gardner twenty-five years ago, helps to explain why most schools, heavily weighted as they are in favor of linguistic intelligence, are an uncomfortable fit for many, if not most, students.
The Disciplined Mind is a thoughtful and interesting meditation on what Gardner believes schools should do to be meaningful for most children and to achieve the goals we want for education. His argument begins with a basic principle--that schools should foster deep understanding of what is true, what is beautiful, and what is good--and proceeds to demonstrate what that means in terms of the various academic disciplines. I was most interested in Gardner's frank discussion about the profound differences between his theories and practices and those of E. D. Hirsch, whose notions of "cultural literacy" and a prescribed body of essential knowledge have had a huge impact on educational policy in the United States.
For readers who are somewhat academically inclined and interested in educational theory, this is an excellent book. For those who labor under the handicaps imposed by politics and wrong-headed approaches to "education reform," Gardner's common-sense approach may be a refreshing reminder that, somewhere, sanity still prevails."
"A follow-up to Intelligence Reframed, Dr. Gardner presents more intelligent and evidence-based ways to foster the growth and evolution of the American educational system."
"Gardner's basic premise is that we don't teach kids to think and to address this we should cover fewer topics but in greater depth. I applaud his efforts (and completely agree) but his ideas are a pipe dream in the United States of Standardized Testing."
"His theories on what 'schooling' should look like. Good book for debates and discussions. I don't like Gardner - as he does believe that education and schools (he is not pro-home schoolng) should train children how to be successful workers in big buisness (and learn the 'classics') - however, he does present good ideas for learning ways and ideas based in book learning."
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