Gardner, Howard

"In Five Minds for the Future, Howard Gardner shows how we will each need to master the "five minds" that the fast-paced future will demand - from minds able to synthesize and communicate complex ideas to minds that can respect human differences and fulfill the higher responsibilities of work life and citizenship. Otherwise, we risk being overwhelmed by information, unable to succeed in the workplace, and without the judgment needed to thrive both personally and professionally." "Complete with a substantial new introduction, Five Minds for the Future provides valuable tools for those who are looking ahead to the next generation of leaders - and for each one of us who is striving to excel in our increasingly complex world."--BOOK JACKET.

Explores the development of the theory of multiple intelligences over the last decade.

Discusses five cognitive abilities--synthesis, creativity, respect, ethics, and mastery of major schools of thought and a professional craft--that will grow in importance in school, business, and other settings with globalization, increased information transfer, and other shifts and changes in the world.

Explains why three reoccuring characteristics must be present in someone's personality if they are going to become extraordinary and discusses how people can develop those characteristics.

Links the study of creativity and leadership to discover the qualities that make a person emerge as a leader in a non-specific domain, identifying six constant features of leadership.

A study of creativity, focusing on the lives of individuals from a range of human intelligences who were active between 1885 and 1935, including Sigmund Freud, Albert Einstein, Mahatma Gandhi, T.S. Eliot, Martha Graham, Pablo Picasso, and Igor Stravinsky.

Provides an overview of MI theory and examines its implications for assessment and teaching from preschool to college admissions.

Author merges cognitive science with the educational agenda, showing how ill-suited our minds and natural patterns of learning are to current educational practices.

The author philosophizes on the intricacies of teaching what he sees as the three key virtues in the modern world.

Examines the evolving roles of truth, beauty, and goodness in society, and argues that although the concepts are transforming in response to changes in technology, culture, and politics, these three virtues will remain cornerstones of society.