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November 1999 | Volume 57 | Number 3 The Constructivist Classroom Pages 12-16
Marge Scherer and Howard Gardner
Howard Gardner reflects on how students who learn in many different ways might grapple with their deepest questions about life.
"When I first heard him describe his theory of multiple intelligences . . . I felt as if I had stumbled into a room in my own home that I had never noticed before." So writes Jane Healy about the impact that Howard Gardner's insights had on her thinking back in 1983 when he wrote Frames of Mind: The Theory of Multiple Intelligences. 1
Feeling that same shock of recognition toward an idea that squares with their own teaching and learning experiences, many educators this past decade have implemented a version of MI theory in their own classrooms.
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