Howard Gardner Mind Quotations

I want my children to understand the world, but not just because the world is fascinating and the human mind is curious. I want them to understand it so that they will be positioned to make it a better place

The Goal of Education is to Help People Use Their Minds Better

Most people (by the time they have become adults ) can't change their minds because their neural pathways have become set... the longer neural pathways have been running one way the harder it is to rewire them.

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.

We are natural mind changing entities until we are 10 or so. But as we get older...then it is very hard to change our minds