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Before Birth
His parents had fled from Nürnberg in Germany with their three-year old son, Eric. Just prior to Howard Gardner's birth, Eric was killed in a sleighing accident.
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Birth
Born in Scranton, Pennsylvania -
College
Howard Gardner's interest in psychology and the social sciences grew and he graduated summa cum laude (which means “with highest honors.” quite an achievement, as this honor is the most prestigious possible, and it is quite rare.) from Harvard University.
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After Graduation
He entered Harvard's doctoral programme, and in the following year became part of the Project Zero research team on arts education (with which he has remained involved to the present).
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Kerith
Kerith, Howard Gardner's first child is born.
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PhD
Howard Gardner completed his PhD (his dissertation was on style sensitivity in children).
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Jay
His second child is born.
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The Shattered Mind
His first major book, The Shattered Mind appeared.
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Andrew
His third child is born.
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Beginning of Gardner's Theory
Frames of Mind, Howard Gardner's first full-length statement of his theory of multiple intelligences.
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Benjamin
His fourth and last child is born.
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Award
Gardner was the recipient of the 1990 University of Louisville Grawemeyer Award in Education.
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Adding Onto His Theory
Gardner states: "It is hard to teach one intelligence; what if there are seven? It is hard to enough to teach even when anything can be taught; what to do if there are distinct limits and strong constraints on human cognition and learning?"
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Judith (Krieger) Gardner
Ex wife and well-respected developmental psychologist, educator, and author Judith (Krieger) Gardner, passed away at the age of 51 due to an aneurysm -
Eight intelligences
In 1999 Gardner lists eight intelligences as linguistic, logic-mathematical, musical, spatial, bodily kinesthetic, naturalist, interpersonal and intrapersonal.
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Oscar
Howard Gardner's first grandchild is born. -
Title
He was selected by Foreign Policy and Prospect magazines as one of 100 most influential public intellectuals in the world.
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Titled Again
He was once again selected by Foreign Policy and Prospect magazines as one of 100 most influential public intellectuals in the world.
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