The Maria Montessori Italian Association and University of Macerata recently invited Howard Gardner to speak at the Montessori 150 year Anniversary Conference, commemorating 150 years since the birth of Maria Montessori. Gardner’s talk was shown by video to a wide audience of Italian educators; he also made a live, virtual appearance for a Q&A session.
In his talk, Gardner spoke about the context of great Italian thinkers on education: Maria Montessori and also Loris Malaguzzi, why he respects the Montessori approach, and the reason Montessori education has endured. He also touched on how he used Montessori ideas and materials in his own research.
A video of the talk and following Q&A (in English) is available here.