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Awakening Genius in the Classroom
"Every student is a genius," declares author Thomas Armstrong, and an educator's most important job is to discover and nurture the "genius qualities" that all students were born with but that may no longer be obvious. Urging readers to look beyond traditional understandings of what constitutes genius, Armstrong describes 12 such qualities: curiosity, pl...more
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This short book operates on the premise that "every student is a genius" and that educators need to encourage genius in their students and themselves. Armstrong defines "genius" as "giving birth to one's joy." He lists 12 qualities of genius (without claiming them as exhaustive): curiosity, playfulness, imagination, creativity, wonder, wisdom, inventiveness, vitality, sensitivity, flexibility, humor and joy. The first part discusses the nature of genius and these qu...more
I read this book every August before I start school, and I've been reading it every year since I first picked it up almost 10 years ago. I'll agree with others who says it is full of generalizations only so far as this: What did you expect? If there were a specific, detailed method for genius, then we'd all be following it and our schools would be the top in the entire world. So sure, this is big-picture, right-brain thinking, and that's as it should be. Look at the work of Eric Jensen on the ar...more
This book was pretty good, even though so much of it felt quite general, like Armstrong was just reiterating basic ideas for constructive classrooms that should be common sense. But a good quick read nonetheless (if you'd like to be reminded of how important good teachers are).
Teaching and learning is not so easy for some people. But would be better if we know what to do and have something that shows us where to step. this book helps for that.
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Thomas Armstrong, Ph.D. is the author of fourteen books including the forthcoming book Neurodiversity: Discovering the Extraordinary Gifts of Autism, ADHD, Dyslexia, and Other Brain Differences. His other books include, The Human Odyssey: Navigating the Twelve Stages of Life (www.thehumanodyssey.com), In Their Own Way, 7 Kinds of Smart, Awakening Your Child's Natural Genius, Multiple Intelligenc...more
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