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This 8 page paper discusses the life and contributions of psychologist Howard Gardner, who devised the theory of multiple intelligences. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
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1943" to parents who had "fled from N?rnberg in Germany in 1938 with their three-year old son, Eric" (Smith). Eric was killed in a sleighing mishap just before Howard was
born, and although his parents didnt speak about the accident very often, it had a "very significant impact upon his thinking and development" (Smith). He was encouraged to pursue intellectual
and creative pursuits while his physical activity was limited (Smith). As the boy began to discover the "family secret" along with their identity as Jews, he "started to recognize that
he was different both from his parents and from his peers" (Smith). Although his parents wanted him to attend Phillips Academy, located in Andover, Massachusetts, Howard went instead to a
prep school, Wyoming Seminary, in Kingston Pennsylvania, where he did well and gained the support and respect of his teacher (Smith). From there he went to Harvard, intending to study
law, but met Erik Erikson and others who sparked his interest in psychology (Smith). He seems to have been particularly impressed with the work of Piaget who described "stages" of
growth (Plucker). Gardner decided to pursue this discipline and was graduated summa cum laude in 1965 (Smith). He worked for a brief time on the MACOS Project with Jerome
Bruner, then went back to Harvard for his doctorate in 1966, completing his degree in 1971 (Smith). He has remained at Harvard ever since, working on Project Zero, which he
now directs; as a lecturer; and now as a professor of education, a post he took up in 1986 (Smith). He is the author of some 16 books and is
"currently Hobbs Professor of Cognition and Education at the Harvard Graduate School of Education and adjunct professor of neurology at the Boston University School of Medicine" (Smith). He has always
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