Howard Gardner intro 1

[tsujack]

Interesting debate, I'm guessing this will lead ti AI(artificial intelegence) and something like the computers from the tv show "Caprica"

[AnitaLife27]

This is wonderful. I don't understand the bone level revulsion that the previous poster and others exhibit. No, people are NOT created by a cookie cutter...big surprise. People have different abilities, propensities and leanings. When educators embrace the concept, we will all be better off. One size fits all is not acceptable in the education and evaluation of humans. It is easier to have people check off boxes sure, but it doesn't measure all things about an individual's abilities.

[chrismca]

Can anyone provide even a single article from a serious journal or a juried conference paper that documents a link between the use of MI in school and improved performance? Im talking about observations of real school children & tasks.

Self-proclaimed educational consultants (mainly uninformed school-hustling, pedagogy pimps) take thousands of dollars from schools and claim that MI can help schools and children and offer no support for this claim. Can anyone cite ANY VALID evidence?

[writersblock26]

@chrismca There is certainly anecdotal evidence for the effectivenes of applied MI theory. Of course, I'm sure that's not the kind of evidence that would satisfy you. Nonetheless, anecdotal evidence, though not taken seriously by the majority of the scientific community, does resonate strongly with parents, especially when those anecdotes are coming from other parents. And so why does that matter? Well, because the consumers are the parents in this case.

[chrismca]

@writersblock26 I think you're exactly right. It's interesting that the pattern you've noted (the superficial appearance of validity when there is in fact none) is one of the best established qualities of pseudoscience (MI is a great example of pseudoscience (e.g., astrology, etc.)) It would be interesting to know whether Gardner intentionally created MI to exploit the well-known ways people can be tricked, or whether MI just worked out this way. Either way, school officials should know better.

[lumir1968]

sarebbe interessante sentirlo in italiano