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Professor Howard Gardner Lunchtime, Tuesday 11th
November
Royal Geographical Society, 1, Kensington Gore, London SW7
Multiple Intelligence and Good Work:
Do We Take Pride in Our Work and Are We Socially Responsible?
Intelligence can be used for benign or malevolent ends. It is
challenging to
carry out 'good work' of the kind that combines intellectual excellence
with a
sense of social responsibility. It is especially challenging to carry
out
such good work at times when change is rapid and market forces are
enormously
powerful. Howard Gardner will describe how and why people succeed or
fail to
carry out good work in the professions at the start of the 21st century.
Professor Howard Gardner is best known for his theory of multiple
intelligence, a critique of the notion that there exists but a single
human intelligence
that can be assessed by standard psychometric instruments. He is the
Professor
of Cognition and Education at the Harvard Graduate School of Education.
He
also holds positions as Adjunct Professor of Psychology at Harvard
University
and Adjunct Professor of Neurology at the Boston University School of
Medicine.
In recent years he has embarked on a study of Good Work: work that is
at once
excellent in quality and also socially responsible. The Good Work
Project
includes studies of outstanding leaders in several professions- among
them
journalism, law, science, theatre, and philanthropy- as well as an
examination of
exemplary institutions and organizations. We are grateful to the Daily
Telegraph for bringing him over from Harvard to give a Lunchtime
Lecture.
Phone 0207 792 9512 for details
I thought listserve members would be interested in this.
(Sorry if you get more than one posting)
Professor Howard Gardner Lunchtime, Tuesday 11th
November
Royal Geographical Society, 1, Kensington Gore, London SW7
Multiple Intelligence and Good Work:
Do We Take Pride in Our Work and Are We Socially Responsible?
Intelligence can be used for benign or malevolent ends. It is
challenging to
carry out 'good work' of the kind that combines intellectual excellence
with a
sense of social responsibility. It is especially challenging to carry
out
such good work at times when change is rapid and market forces are
enormously
powerful. Howard Gardner will describe how and why people succeed or
fail to
carry out good work in the professions at the start of the 21st century.
Professor Howard Gardner is best known for his theory of multiple
intelligence, a critique of the notion that there exists but a single
human intelligence
that can be assessed by standard psychometric instruments. He is the
Professor
of Cognition and Education at the Harvard Graduate School of Education.
He
also holds positions as Adjunct Professor of Psychology at Harvard
University
and Adjunct Professor of Neurology at the Boston University School of
Medicine.
In recent years he has embarked on a study of Good Work: work that is
at once
excellent in quality and also socially responsible. The Good Work
Project
includes studies of outstanding leaders in several professions- among
them
journalism, law, science, theatre, and philanthropy- as well as an
examination of
exemplary institutions and organizations.
Phone 0207 792 9512 for details
David
David Jaques
01865 203255
07778 646728
"At its deepest reaches, knowing is always communal"
Parker Palmer in 'The Courage to Teach'
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