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Awakening the Genius in Every Child

Discovering and Reviving the Natural Motivation that Exists in All Children at Birth

Thomas Armstrong, Ph.D. (www.thomasarmstrong.com)

Rise and Shine Expo 2013

Suntec Convention Hall 401

The Republic of Singapore

September 28, 2013

12 Qualities of Genius

• Curiosity• Playfulness• Imagination• Creativity• Wonder• Wisdom

• Inventiveness• Vitality• Sensitivity• Flexibility• Humor

• Joy

Theoretical Foundations

• Every Child is a Genius– Neurological Basis

– Evolutionary Basis

– Biographical Basis– Phenomenological Basis

Home-miliation

• Dysfunctional Family

• Disadvantaged Family

• Fast-Track Family

• Rigid-Ideology Family

Dysteachia

• Testing and Grading

• Talk and Tedium

• Textbooks and Worksheets• Tracking and Labeling

Media-ocrity

• Mind-Numbing Violence

• Trivial Content

• Insipid Language• Stereotypical Images

How to Awaken This Genius

• (Re)awaken Genius in Ourselves

• Provide Simple Experiences

• See Genius in Many Colors

• Create a Genial Climate

Create a Genial Climate

• Freedom to Choose

• Open-Ended Exploration

• Freedom from Judgement

• Honoring Every Child’s Experience

• Believing in Every Child’s Genius

ResourcesThomas Armstrong, Awakening Your Child’s Natural Genius. New York: Putnam/Tarcher, 1991.

Thomas Armstrong, Awakening Genius in the Classroom. Alexandria, VA: Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development, 1998.

Thomas Armstrong. In Their Own Way: Discovering and Encouraging Your Children’s Multiple Intelligences, 2nd Ed. New York: Tarcher/Penguin, 2000.

Marian Diamond and Janet Hopson. Magic Trees of the Mind: How to Nurture Your Child’s Intelligence, Creativity, and Healthy Emotions from Birth through Adolescence. New York: Dutton, 1998.

David Elkind. The Hurried Child. Reading, MA: Addison-Wesley, 1981.

Jane Healy, Endangered Minds. New York: Simon & Schuster, 1990.

Jonathan Kozol. Savage Inequalities. New York: Crown, 1991.

Ashley Montagu. Growing Young. New York: McGraw-Hill, 1983..

Joseph Chilton Pearce. Magical Child. New York: Bantam, 1980.

Teaching Tolerance magazine. Southern Poverty Law Center (400 Washington Ave., Montgomery, AL 36104).

Contact Information

• Email: thomas@institute4learning.com

• Website: www.institute4learning.com

• Blog: http://institute4learning.com/blog/

• Twitter: @Dr_Armstrong