Sunday, February 17, 2008
Howard Gardner On Literacy
The philosophy of teaching behind the William E. Doar, Jr. Public Charter School for the Performing Arts is the theory of multiple intellegences by Howard Gardner. In today's Washington Post Mr. Gardner argues that those that worry that the end of reading is upon us exaggerating:
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I also question the predicted disappearance of the material book. When they wanted to influence opinions, both the computer giant Bill Gates and the media visionary Nicholas Negroponte wrote books (the latter in spite of his assertion that the material book was becoming anachronistic). The convenience and portability of the book aren't easily replaced, though under certain circumstances -- a month-long business trip, say -- the advantages of Amazon's hand-held electronic Kindle reading device trumps a suitcase full of dog-eared paperbacks.He does, however, believe that reading in the future will take different forms:
I also question the predicted disappearance of the material book. When they wanted to influence opinions, both the computer giant Bill Gates and the media visionary Nicholas Negroponte wrote books (the latter in spite of his assertion that the material book was becoming anachronistic). The convenience and portability of the book aren't easily replaced, though under certain circumstances -- a month-long business trip, say -- the advantages of Amazon's hand-held electronic Kindle reading device trumps a suitcase full of dog-eared paperbacks.Read the whole thing here.
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