The Global Search for Education: In Search of Professional Ethicists – On Becoming a Consummate Professional – Part 3
Apr18

The Global Search for Education: In Search of Professional Ethicists – On Becoming a Consummate Professional – Part 3

“In speaking of the achievement of excellence as workers and citizens, we refer to the three E’s: Excellence, Engagement, and Ethics.” — Howard Gardner In the profit-above-all-world of digitization and automation, ethics and the nature of professionalism seem to be in question and under attack from all sides. Will the new robots on the block provide the same expertise and multiple intelligences we expect from...

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The Global Search for Education: The Education Debate 2012 — Howard Gardner
Sep30

The Global Search for Education: The Education Debate 2012 — Howard Gardner

 The Education Debate 2012 — Howard Gardner  Has there ever been a more important time to debate the big picture questions of education?  As nations around the world reform education to prepare their students for the 21st century workplace, are our students ready to compete? In five interviews with education luminaries, I’ve asked them to imagine they were Secretary of Education and to discuss how they would address...

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The Global Search for Education: What Do We Value Most?
Aug31

The Global Search for Education: What Do We Value Most?

 “We need to focus on the kind of human beings we want to have and the kind of society in which we want to live” — Howard Gardner   photo courtesy of Harvard University.  What do the 81.5 million students in this country believe their families value most? Money? Success? Happiness? Knowledge? Power? Celebrity? Truth? A Healthy Planet? Good Work? Engaged Citizens? A Cultured Society? What should the 81.5 million...

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