In this unique attempt to address the dilemma in contemporary education, the noted cognitive scientist weaves the lessons garnered from three vantage points: his own traditional education as an American child, his years of research on creativity at Harvard, and what he saw in modern Chinese classrooms—into a program that draws on the best of both modes, traditional and progressive.
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Howard Gardner is the John H. and Elisabeth A. Hobbs Professor in Cognition and Education at the Harvard Graduate School of Education. Among numerous honors, Gardner received a MacArthur Prize Fellowship in 1981. In 1990, he was the first American to receive the University of Louisville's Grawemeyer Award in education. In 2000, he was awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship. He lives in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
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Classical vs. 60's art education,
This review is from: To Open Minds (Paperback)
Howard Gardner contrasts Chinese vs. U.S. arts education. In terms of Chinese classical music training, he finds value in following models with very specific narrow steps. And he sees how constrained the same method becomes in stroke-by-stroke Chinese brush painting. He compares these rigid teaching methods to the 1960's let-it-all-hang-out style of free expression and finds each has a value. He concludes by saying the classical vs. the free each have a place in a child's development. He recommends giving young children lots of freedom to explore a medium, then prescribes a more methodical training for middle school students. This allows them to understand the benefit of developing a skill over a several years and gives them the technique to enrich free expression as a young adult.
Gardner illustrates the ideas with his trip to China and experiences with his young adopted Chinese son. The book is an easy read - accessible and focused. *** Please note that the Editorial Reviews are from another book. ***
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AS I THINK BACK to my childhood. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
boarding kindergartens, creativity class, awards panel Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
United States, New York, Project Zero, Van Leer, Cultural Revolution, Hong Kong, Nelson Goodman, Erik Erikson, Rockefeller Brothers Fund, Roger Brown, Chou Wen-chung, Harvard University, People's Republic, Zhou Enlai, Communist Party, Project Spectrum, Underwood School, Wyoming Seminary, Deng Xiaoping, Michelle Vosper, Ministry of Education, Norman Geschwind, Susanne Langer, Columbia University, David Rockefeller New!
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AS I THINK BACK to my childhood. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
boarding kindergartens, creativity class, awards panel Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
United States, New York, Project Zero, Van Leer, Cultural Revolution, Hong Kong, Nelson Goodman, Erik Erikson, Rockefeller Brothers Fund, Roger Brown, Chou Wen-chung, Harvard University, People's Republic, Zhou Enlai, Communist Party, Project Spectrum, Underwood School, Wyoming Seminary, Deng Xiaoping, Michelle Vosper, Ministry of Education, Norman Geschwind, Susanne Langer, Columbia University, David Rockefeller New!
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- Philosophy in a New Key by Suzanne Langer on page 41, and page 42
- Young Man Luther by Erik H. Erikson on page 45, and page 48
- Identity and the Life Cycle by Erik H. Erikson on page 49
- The Act of Creation (Arkana) by Arthur Koestler on page 60
- Tender Is the Night (Essential Penguin 2) by F Scott Fitzgerald on page 41
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- The Development and Education of the Mind: The Selected Works of Howard Gardner (World Library of Educationalists) by Howard Gardner in Front Matter, page 117, and page 129
- Intelligence Reframed: Multiple Intelligences for the 21st Century by Howard E. Gardner in Front Matter, and Back Matter
- Universitas: The Social Restructuring of American Undergraduate Education by Thomas E. Boudreau on page 25, and page 121
- Creating Minds: An Anatomy of Creativity as Seen Through the Lives of Freud, Einstein, Picasso, Stravinsky, Eliot, Graham, and Gandhi by Howard E. Gardner in Front Matter, and Back Matter
- The Unschooled Mind: How Children Think And How Schools Should Teach by Howard E. Gardner in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
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