A Full Set of Criteria – 5 different minds

Introduction

. In looking to the future, Howard Gardner posed the following question

"...What kind of mind do we need if we are to create a world in which we would like to live?..."

Howard Gardner, 2006a

His answer is 5 kinds of minds; the first 3 (disciplinary, synthesizing and creative) deal primarily with cognitive forms and the last 2 (respectful and ethical) comprise our relations with other people, with ethical being more abstract.

NB All education efforts (family, school, community, etc) are

"...dedicated toward the acquisition of the appropriate disciplinary knowledge, habits of mind, and patterns of behaviour.....the goal is......to eradicate erroneous or unproductive ways of thinking..."

Howard Gardner, 2006a