EDUCATION FOR THE NEW CENTURY
Howard Gardner

This article explains the “Five Minds for the Future,” where I delineate the capacities that I think are the most crucial for the 21st century. My task is both descriptive and prescriptive: these are the five minds that we need to survive; these are the five minds that we should nurture in order to thrive. The Five Minds encompass: The Disciplined Mind, the Synthesizing Mind, the Creating Mind, the Respectful Mind and the Ethical Mind.
Probably the most important thing that we can do, as educators, whether at school or in the workplace, is to have leaders who themselves embody the five kinds of minds. We need to create an atmosphere that rewards those who exhibit these minds, nurtures those who can be helped and removes those who continue to behave in unethical or disrespectful ways.