Customer Review: Well, it took some discipline on my part to finish it. Because I passionately agree with Gardner on the importance of going slow and deep, because throughout the book I felt I was listening to someone of congenial temperament (likely an abstract idealist), because I admire his triplet examples of... more info
Customer Review: This book was not terrible, but was quite dry. It talked mainly about how teachers should approach teaching students with multiple intelligences. One thing I did like though, was that Gardner described his seven intelligences. This was more of what I was interested in. It gave me something to... more info
Customer Review: I first read this book in 1998 or 1999, and since have lost my copy, but I remember enjoying every page of it. I also remember identifying myself as a "Freud" - creating a new domain. Would recommend this to anyone who is interested in clarifying and expanding their consciousness, educational realm,... more info
Customer Review: Being an artist and teaching art, I found that Gardner's paper put into words so much of what an artist does naturally. Incorporating reflection about one's own artwork, about a classmate's, and about the "masters" is so very important in teaching art and in bringing children to think critically and... more info
Customer Review: The book is a history of ideas. This breaks down into some light historical content, and much presentation of positions (sometimes with a little supporting argument).
As a history, I would compare this book to what you might expect from an account of the Cuban revolution written by a relatively... more info
