The App Generation, Howard Gardner
The App Generation, Howard Gardner
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The App Generation

Author: Howard Gardner, Katie Davis

Narrator: Multiple Narrators

Unabridged: 1 hr 15 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: 92nd Street Y

Published: 12/09/2013


Synopsis

Are you baffled by how younger people live in a digital world? Are you living in that world and don’t see what the fuss is about?Either way, you’ll want to hear from Harvard professor Howard Gardner and Katie Davis. In his new book, The App Generation, Gardner and Davis look at what’s different for today’s adolescents. Apps can either stunt or spur creativity, limit or encourage personal connections. We can choose to be “app-dependent” or “app-enabled.” Find out how. ©2013 92nd Street Y (P)2013 92nd Street Y

About Howard Gardner

Howard Gardner is Hobbs Research Professor of Cognition and Education at the Harvard Graduate School of Education and the author of A Synthesizing Mind: A Memoir from the Creator of Multiple Intelligences Theory and many other books.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Steele on April 27, 2014

This is youth psychology framed with the fad de jour of Mobile Apps. I found all references to Apps, like SnapChat, Instagram and Facebook, as clumsy and shoehorned in to the narrative to be congruent with the title. Largely, I found nothing new or interesting out of this; young people use social me......more

Goodreads review by Stefan on November 13, 2013

A really good coverage of the impact of Apps on the generations. I am not entirely comfortable with the assertion that apps can be a trap, that can be applied to a lot of things. Still it gives both the advantages and disadvantages, though it does seem to make some moral judgements even if disguised......more

Goodreads review by Peter on January 25, 2016

In the Introduction of The App Generation, Howard Gardner and Katie Davis contend that, due to the “availability, proliferation, and power of apps”, the collective consciousness of today’s youth is distinctly different from any past or present generation’s perspective. (14) Specifically, digital te......more

Goodreads review by Alejandro on August 21, 2023

I had high expectations for this book since one of the authors (Howard Gardner) is a distinguished psychologist. Unfortunately the book is very disappointing, biting off more than it managed to chew. At the heart of the book is the question of whether and how apps impact key psychological aspects de......more

Goodreads review by Carlos on April 27, 2018

Recomendando al 100%. Es un libro derivado de un estudio serio enfocado, principalmente, en entrevistas, grupos focales, categorización de productos artísticos y perspectivas de 3 generaciones (Howard, Katie y la hermana menor de Katie, Molly. Particularmente me gustó la aproximación que se realiza p......more