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These are the handouts for a keynote presentation I did at the Rise and Shine Expo, a parenting exposition, in the Republic of Singapore, on September 28, 2013. The keynote was titled: ''Awakening the Genius in Every Child.''
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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: [email protected]
• Website: www.institute4learning.com
• Blog: http://institute4learning.com/blog/
• Twitter: @Dr_Armstrong
