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Article: Changing Minds.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
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- January 1, 2005
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Changing Minds
All of us spend time trying to change someone else's mind, always a difficult task. Yet until now little attention has been given to this subject.
Howard Gardner, the John H. and Elisabeth A. Hobbs Professor of Cognition and Education at the Harvard Graduate School of Education, has provided us with insights about the process in Changing Minds: The Art and Science of Changing Our Own and Other People's Minds.
Gardner clearly presents a systematic approach to the process of changing others' minds, as well as our own, about all kinds of important issues.
Superintendents will benefit from his discussion of seven "levers" ...