1. Howard Earl Gardner was born on July 11,1943 and is an American developmental psychologist and the John H and Elisabeth A Hobbs Research Professor of Cognition and Education at Harvard University.
21 Facts About Howard Gardner
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Howard Gardner was a founding member of Harvard Project Zero in 1967 and held leadership roles at that research center from 1972 to 2023.
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Howard Gardner is best known for his theory of multiple intelligences, as outlined in his 1983 book Frames of Mind: The Theory of Multiple Intelligences.
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Howard Gardner continues his research and writing, including several blogs.
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Howard Earl Gardner was born July 11,1943, in Scranton, Pennsylvania, to Ralph Gardner and Hilde Gardner, German Jewish immigrants who fled Germany just prior to World War II.
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Howard Gardner described himself as "a studious child who gained much pleasure from playing the piano".
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Howard Gardner had a desire to learn and greatly excelled in school.
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Howard Gardner graduated from Harvard College with highest honors in 1965 with a BA in Social Relations, and studied under the renowned Erik Erikson.
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In 1986, Howard Gardner became a professor at the Harvard Graduate School of Education.
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Since then, Howard Gardner has published books on a number of topics including Changing Minds: The Art and Science of Changing Our Own and Other People's Minds, Five Minds for the Future, Truth, Beauty and Goodness Reframed, and The App Generation.
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Since 2012, Howard Gardner has been co-directing a major study of higher education in the United States with Wendy Fischman and several other colleagues.
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At the start of 2024, Howard Gardner was the most cited Educational Scholar in the United States, according to the Edu-Scholar Public Influence Ratings.
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Howard Gardner has responded that his theory is based entirely on empirical evidence as opposed to experimental evidence, as he does not believe experimental evidence in itself can yield a theoretical synthesis.
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For over two decades, in collaboration with William Damon, Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi, and several other colleagues, Howard Gardner has been directing research at The Good Project on the nature of good work, good play, and good collaboration.
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In 1981 Howard Gardner was the recipient of a MacArthur Prize Fellowship.
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SUNY Plattsburgh inducted Howard Gardner selected Howard Gardner for honoris causa membership in Omicron Delta Kappa in 1998.
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In 1999, Howard Gardner received the Golden Plate Award of the American Academy of Achievement.
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In 2020, Howard Gardner received the Distinguished Contributions to Research in Education Award from the American Education Research Association.
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Howard Gardner has received honorary degrees from 31 colleges and universities around the world, including institutions in Bulgaria, Canada, Chile, Greece, Hong Kong, Ireland, Israel, Italy, South Korea, and Spain.
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Howard Gardner is a member of several honorary societies: American Academy of Arts and Sciences, American Philosophical Society, National Academy of Education, and the American Academy of Political and Social Science.
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Howard Gardner is married to Ellen Winner, Professor Emerita of Psychology at Boston College.