Awakening Genius in the Classroom

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Every students 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, including, for example, curiosity, sensitivity, inventiveness, imagination, and joy. He cites research in various fields that supports this broader understanding of genius and explains how influences in the home, the popular media, and the school itself “shut down” the genius in students.

Preface

Every Student Is a Genius

The Genius Shuts Down

How to Awaken Genius in the Classroom

Selected Resources

References

About the authors

Thomas Armstrong, educator, psychologist, and writer, is the Executive Director of the American Institute for Learning and Human Development. Over 30 years, he has given more than 1000 keynotes, workshop presentations, and lectures on 6 continents, in 29 countries, and 44 states.

He has written for numerous magazines, newspapers, and journals and is the author of 18 books, including the ASCD books Multiple Intelligences in the Classroom, Neurodiversity in the Classroom, The Power of the Adolescent Brain, The Best Schools, The Multiple Intelligences of Reading and Writing, ADD/ADHD Alternatives in the Classroom, and Awakening Genius in the Classroom.