Scotland's Futures Forum welcomes Harvard Professor
066/2006 | 6 September, 2006
Professor Howard Gardner |
One of the world's leading thinkers is to give a seminar at the Scottish Parliament as a guest of Scotland's Futures Forum on Thursday 7 September.
Professor Howard Gardner of Harvard University will give a presentation based on his "Good Work" project in an event jointly organised with learndirect scotland and Tapestry.
The project was founded by Professor Gardner in the mid-1990s along with other renowned academics, Mihaly Csiksentmihalyi and William Damon.
"Good work" is described by Howard as work that is high quality and is socially responsible. In other words, the project explores the relationship between excellence and ethics.
Presiding Officer George Reid will introduce the Professor's session at Holyrood.
He said:
"Much of Howard Gardner's work is highly relevant to the thinking promoted by Scotland's Future Forum and to the future of Scotland as a whole.
"I am confident that this presentation will be of great interest to all who are concerned about the future of work, education or society as a whole."
Media Access
Members of the media who wish to attend this event in Holyrood's Committee Room 3 should contact Richard Holligan in the Scottish Parliament media relations office on 0131 348 5605 or e-mail richard.holligan@scottish.parliament.uk.
Professor Gardner will be pleased to speak to members of the media immediately after the event at 3.30pm.
Programme for Scotland's Future Forum event
1200 - 1230 Arrival
1230 - 1330 Lunch
1330 - 1340 Welcome and Introduction by George Reid
1340 - 1440 Good Work Presentation by Howard Gardner
1440 - 1515 Professor Gardner interview with Nigel Osborne, Reid Professor of Music at the University of Edinburgh and Frank Pignatelli, Chief Executive, Learndirect Scotland.
1515 - 1530 The Way Forward, Keir Bloomer, Chief Executive, Clackmannanshire Council
On Friday Professor Gardner will present the world-wide launch of his new theory, "The Five Minds for the Future" at a conference in the Glasgow Royal Concert Hall to be attended by 1,000 teachers from across Scotland.
Scotland's Futures Forum
Scotland's Futures Forum exists to enable MSPs and others responsible for Scotland's future prosperity, cohesion and welfare to look beyond the normal four year electoral policy cycle at the challenges facing the nation and seeks ways of meeting those challenges.
http://www.scotlandsfuturesforum.org/default.aspx
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