How Schools Must Change-Howard Gardner

A prolific author and pillar of educational leadership, Howard Gardner of the Harvard Graduate School of Education is best known for his theory of multiple intelligences, which holds that intelligence goes far beyond the traditional verbal/linguistic and logical/mathematical measurements.

Here he discusses how and why our classrooms and learning environments need to fundamentally change for students.

1. On the importance of engaging students actively in what they are studying.
2. On the characteristics of student-directed learning.
3. On the theory of multiple intelligences.
4. On technology and multiple intelligences.
5. On the need for fundamental change in the curriculum.
6. On how assessment in school differs from assessment in other arenas such as sports or music.
7. On the need for a new approach to assessment in schools.
8. On what needs to happen in order that long-standing change occurs in public education.

via Edutopia