“Most people (by the time they have become adults ) can't change their minds because their neural pathways have become set... the longer neural pathways have been running one way the harder it is to rewire them.” PeopleWayMindHas BeensRunningAdultsHarderOne WayPathwaysCan't Change Author:Howard Gardner
“A person who is app-dependent is always searching for the best app; and as soon as its routine has been executed, the person searches for the next app. A person who is app-enabled also uses apps frequently. But he or she is never limited by the current array of apps; apps will free the person to do what he or she wants to do, or needs to do, irrespective of the next application of the app. An app-enabled person can also put devices away, without feeling bereft.” WantNeedsPersonsHas BeensUseFeelingsNextCurrentsDependentDevicesRoutineApplicationAppsBereft Author:Howard Gardner
“Distinguish between the work and the job title. When I was leaving school in the early 1970s, many people wanted to be journalists, carrying out investigative reporting for print newspapers. Print newspapers may not exist in twenty years. But good thinking and good writing about issues that need to be reported and investigated will always be needed; but where this happens, what it is called, and who pays for it may be quite different than could have been envisioned by the great journalists of the past.” PeopleThinkingNeedsWritingYearsMayHas BeensDifferentHappensWantedSchoolJobsPastPayIssuesNeededTwentiesLeavingNewspapersJournalistTitlesPrintCould Have BeenGood WritingGood ThinkingJob TitlesLeaving School Author:Howard Gardner
“The biggest mistake of past centuries in teaching has been to treat all students as if they were variants of the same individual and thus to feel justified in teaching them all the same subjects the same way.” IfsWayInspirationalFeelsHas BeensPastIndividualMistakeEducationTeachingSubjectsCenturyStudentsTreatsJustifiedBiggest Mistake Author:Howard Gardner
“In roughly the last century, important experiments have been launched by such charismatic educators as Maria Montessori, Rudolf Steiner, Shinichi Suzuki, John Dewey, and A. S. Neil. These approaches have enjoyed considerable success[...] Yet they have had relatively little impact on the mainstream of education throughout the contemporary world.” WorldLittlesHas BeensImportantLastsEducationCenturyApproachImpactExperimentsContemporaryEnjoyedMainstreamEducatorCharismaticMontessori Author:Howard Gardner
“A lot of knowledge in any kind of an organization is what we call task knowledge. These are things that people who have been there a long time understand are important, but they may not know how to talk about them. It's often called the culture of the organization.” PeopleKnowsKindMayLongHas BeensImportantCultureKnow HowLong TimeTasksOrganization Author:Howard Gardner
“My belief in why America has been doing so well up to now is that we have been propelled by our immigrants and our encouragement of technical innovation and, indeed, creativity across the board.” WellsHas BeensAmericaBeliefCreativityEncouragementInnovationBoardsImmigrants Author:Howard Gardner
