A few references for Howard’s work.

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Howard Gardner’s work around multiple intelligences has had a profound impact on thinking and practice in education – especially in the United States. Here we explore the theory of multiple intelligences; why it has found a ready audience amongst educationalists; and some of the issues around its conceptualization and realization.
http://www.infed.org/thinkers/gardner.htm
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New Horizons for Learning
In 1983, Howard Gardner introduced his Theory of Multiple Intelligences in a seminal book, Frames of Mind. Based on his work as professor in the Harvard Graduate School of Education, his work as a psychologist researching brain injuries, and his long interest and involvement in the arts, he suggested that intelligence is not a single attribute that can be measured and given a number. He pointed out that I.Q. tests measure primarily verbal, logical-mathematical, and some spatial intelligence. Believing that there are many other kinds of intelligence that are important aspects of human capabilities, he proposed that they also include visual/spatial, bodily/kinesthetic, musical, interpersonal, and intrapersonal intelligences. More recently he added naturalist intelligence to this list and suggested that there may be other possibilities including spiritual and existential.
In 1984, New Horizons for Learning invited Dr. Gardner to present his theory to the world of education at a conference we designed for the Tarreytown Conference Center in New York. Subsequently, all of NHFL’s conferences were designed around the Theory of Multiple Intelligences, and Dr. Gardner has continued to write numbers of books expanding on the topic. At the present time educators throughout the world are finding effective ways to implement this theory as they seek to help students identify and develop their strengths, and in the process discover new, more effective ways of learning.
http://www.newhorizons.org/strategies/mi/front_mi.htm
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Penn State Educational Systems Design Home Page! The purpose of this collection of resources is to assist people trying to bring important changes to schools.
Perspectives of leading reformers:
http://www.ed.psu.edu/insys/ESD/Gardner/menu.html
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Centre for Teaching Excellence: Northern Virginia Region [USA] Howard Gardner is a revolutionary thinker and scholar. He has contributed much to the fields of education and psychology. His training and experiences are interdisciplinary as he has conducted investigations not only in the fields of education and psychology, but also in neurology, biology, sociology, anthropology, as well as in the arts and humanities. He is best known for his work in the areas of intelligence and creativity. But he also has provided outstanding insights on authentic learning and assessment, teaching for understanding and leadership.
Howard Gardner is a cognitive scientist in the true sense of the word. He has written and published a history of the cognitive movement in which he describes the evolution of the field and the contributions of scientists worldwide, while outlining the progression of psychology, artificial intelligence, linguistics, anthropology, neuroscience, perception, and mental imagery. His work in neuroscience includes studies of brain damaged patients to studies of the gifted and extraordinary. Likened to the work of Sir Francis Galton and Lewis Terman, Dr. Gardner has contributed much to our understanding about giftedness. Also through his work we have learned about the miraculous nature of the brain; and, that even in cases where individuals are brain damaged, or cases where individuals display the savant syndrome, these persons still are capable of using some of their intellectual capabilities. His thinking closely parallels the thinking of Karl Pribam, Karl Lashley, Paul Pietsch and others’ notions about the brain being holographic. Therefore, Dr. Gardner’s work also has significant implications for students who have difficulty processing information or understanding how to process information and what we typically call a learning disability.
His theory of multiple intelligences is nationally and internationally recognized. Why did people grab hold of it? I believe it was because for the first time, we had a larger perspective of ourselves. Dr. Gardner’s theory expands our capabilities. L. L. Thurstone and J.P. Guilford made earlier attempts to do the same, but Howard Gardner has made the concept become a reality. As a result of his work, there are school systems – both public and private, educational programs and organizations that demonstrate the practical utility of his theory.
http://www.nvcc.edu/loudoun/CTE/id42.htm
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Education world:
When asked how educators should implement the theory of multiple intelligences, Gardner says, “(I)t’s very important that a teacher take individual differences among kids very seriously