Howard Gardner is the John H. and Elisabeth A. Hobbs Professor in Cognition and Education at the Harvard Graduate School of Education. He also holds positions as adjunct professor of psychology at Harvard University, adjunct professor of neurology at the Boston University School of Medicine, and chairman of the steering committee of the graduate school's Project Zero.
He has written twenty books and hundreds of articles and is best known for his theory of multiple intelligences, which holds that intelligence goes far beyond the traditional verbal/linguistic and logical/mathematical measurements. Here he discusses student-directed learning, multiple intelligences, and a different approach to assessment.

. On the importance of engaging students actively in what they are studying.
. On the characteristics of student-directed learning.
. On the theory of multiple intelligences.
. On technology and multiple intelligences.
. On the need for fundamental change in the curriculum.
. On how assessment in school differs from assessment in other arenas such as sports or music.
. On the need for a new approach to assessment in schools.
. On what needs to happen in order that long-standing change occurs in public education.