To a fascinating - and rare - London lecture delivered by Howard Gardner at the RSA last week. Gardner is one of the 'big beasts' of education in the past two decades and his influence is as manifest as ever in the UK Government's emphasis on personalised learning in schools. Gardner was previewing his latest ideas that will published in book form early next year. The latest additions to his traditional focus on discipline and creative intelligences is the respectful and ethical minds.A Classic liberal ideas all, but who can doubt their relevance given the challenges we face in the world today and all delivered with a lucidity and modesty that was refreshing...

See what you think the podcast is here http://www.thersa.org.uk/audio/ (Five Minds for the Future)

also see Mike Baker's report on the lecture here

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/education/6048886.stm

At Channel 4 there remains a desire to go beyond the curriculum in search of what young people really need in the school-to-work transition phase. HG's Five Minds is as good a place to start as any...