Stéphanie Crescent is a secondary school teacher, in Paris. She is the author of several textbooks, particularly in the area of English-language teaching.

‘The first lesson my pupils taught me, during my first job as a substitute teacher in a Paris middle school, was that in terms of intelligence we are not all equal. I knew this in the first two weeks. I could sense my pupils’ intelligence, I could feel it, but it seemed uneven. I wasn’t disappointed. I was surprised.
‘Dealing with groups of children in my classes, I realised that not all brains function in the same manner. All the young people in front of me understood that, but each one had reached that understanding in a different manner and at their own pace.
‘The discovery of multiple intelligences, developed by Howard Gardner (Odile Jacob, 1997), supported and validated this conviction. It helped me identify the specific intelligence that was dominant in each pupil and to make the best use of it to facilitate all forms of learning. Today, I think I can say that I did not leave any child by the wayside.
‘This book aims to show everyone — parents, teachers and even pupils — how useful it is, in order to teach well, to identify multiple intelligences so as to develop them harmoniously,’ writes Stéphanie Crescent.

• A teacher’s ambitious, fervent combat: one that will give hope to every parent whose child is experiencing academic difficulties.
• A brilliant demonstration of the educational approach developed by Howard Gardner.