Awakening the Genius in Every Child Through slides and lecture, this presentation explores the natural genius of children, describes how that genius shuts down through influences in the home, school, and broader culture, and examines what we can do as parents and educators to help reawaken that original genius. This keynote challenges the current use of the medical model to explain attention and behavioral differences in children. The second part provides alternative ways of explaining behavior and attentional difficulties, including gender differences, social and cultural factors, psychological influences, and styles of learning. The third part presents a number of non-medical strategies that parents and educators can use to help children attend and behave.
Keynotes are also available as breakout sessions.
After demonstrating examples from math and literature, Dr. Armstrong opens up the session to large and small-group brainstorming, showing how virtually any subject area or skill can be taught through the eight intelligences. Participants will experience strategies as they learn about them. This workshop begins by reviewing the eight intelligences of Howard Gardner's theory through interactive experiences. It then helps participants explore their own multiple intelligences through self-assessment and group sharing. He also shows participants how to teach MI theory to their students, and shares specific tips for identifying multiple intelligences in the classroom.