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Howard Gardner is best known in educational circles for his theory of multiple intelligences, a critique of the notion that there exists but a single human intelligence that can be assessed by standard psychometric instruments. From 1972-2000, he was Co-director of Project Zero. At present, he is chair of the Steering Committee of Project Zero. He also directs the Good Work Project and the Trust Project with Carrie James. For ten years he co-directed the Interdisciplinary Studies Project with Veronica Boix Mansilla.

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In this video titled Five Minds of the Future, Howard Gardner defines the cognitive abilities five years to come will be the most requested: disciplining the mind, the synthesizing mind, the creative mind, respectful mind and ethical mind.

I like this video because it states that educators must make the student understand what is being taught and practiced them. As the contents are inventions of man, the brain is not ready to learn intuitively.

Additionally, I think that the evaluations international are meaningless. Tests such as PISA, the more you focus on memorization of content and away from a disciplined way of thinking, it be more anachronistic. In this digital age where information is infinite, the formation of a disciplined mind becomes more important and necessary. This, because students with knowledge of a discipline will be able to find what is important and discard what does not is of importance in the large amount of information available online.

However, this is not just a job for educators; students should make an effort to focus on getting those skills in an assertive way.