Dinner With Howard Gardner

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I would love to have dinner with Howard Gardner. My first question for him would be Is Multiple Intelligences really a theory? Then, could it be confirmed or disconfirmed by experiment? I would hope to learn firsthand from Mr. Gardner could educators improve education by addressing the multiple intelligences of our children. I believe talking with Mr. Gardner we together can inform the early childhood education educators that human potential can be tied to one’s preferences to learning; thus, Gardner’s focus on human potential lies in the fact that people have a unique blend of capabilities and skills (intelligences). This model can be used to understand “overall personality, preferences and strengths” (businessballs.com, n.d.). Gardner asserts

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