Gardner Receives Honorary Doctorate from South Korean University

Professor Howard Gardner was awarded an honorary Doctor of Education degree from South Korea's Hanyang University this past July.

“I was very moved to receive an honorary degree from Hanyang University, a widely recognized institution of higher learning that values the arts and education, and to have a chance to interact with colleagues from those and other fields,” Gardner said.

Hanyang University, with strong faculties in engineering, music, and education, is a pioneer in the study and application of Gardner’s theory of multiple intelligences. At the award ceremony on July 3, Gardner spoke about his time as a student, researcher, and professor at Harvard, and discussed his involvement in the ongoing Good Work project, an effort to identify individuals and institutions that exemplify good work and how to increase this in our society.

“Colleagues in Korea have taken my work in education seriously over the years, and this engagement with my ideas has been a wonderful reward in itself,” Gardner said, noting that his recent book Five Minds for the Future was translated into Korean only two months after its initial English release.