Occupation: Psychologist Birth: July 11, 1943
I align myself with almost all researchers in assuming that anything we do is a composite of whatever genetic limitations were given to us by our par….
There is no single truth, but each of the scholarly disciplines has methods which lead one ever closer to the truth..
I am relieved that, in my own teaching, I don't have to moderate between high stake teaching and education for the virtues. If I did, I would give st….
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 innovat….
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 unders….
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 ap….
It may well be easier to remember a list if one sings it (or dances to it). However, these uses of the 'materials' of an intelligence are essentially….
If one develops good habits and routines, it is possible to be a responsible educator most of the time; and to marshal the special energies and refle….
I think that I am strongest in linguistic and musical intelligence, and I continue to work on my interpersonal and intrapersonal intelligence..
Emile Zola was a poor student at his school at Aix. We are all so different largely because we all have different combinations of intelligences. If w….
I believe that the brain has evolved over millions of years to be responsive to different kinds of content in the world. Language content, musical co….
The wonderful thing about the theater is that it can emphasize BOTH our diversity AND our common humanity. In many ways, the world of Shakespeare (or….
While we may continue to use the words smart and stupid, and while IQ tests may persist for certain purposes, the monopoly of those who believe in a….
Any profession should have norms around the issue you raise. And, in the words of the great economic thinker Albert Hirschman, we all owe a measure o….
Part of the maturity of the sciences is an appreciation of which questions are best left to other disciplinary approaches..
A good person is one who follows the Ten Commandments and the golden rule. There is plenty of precedent in history to guide us and we probably evolve….
Any good teacher should become acquainted with relevant technologies. But the technologies should not dictate an education goal. Rather, the teacher ….
Fundamentalism is a kind of decision not to change your mind about something...Many of us are fundamentalists...because it worked pretty well for us..
In roughly the last century, important experiments have been launched by such charismatic educators as Maria Montessori, Rudolf Steiner, Shinichi Suz….
I’d rather see the United States as a beacon of Good Work and Good Citizenship, rather than as #1 on some international educational measurement..
Stories are the single most powerful tool in a leader's toolkit..