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For Further Study
1. Reflect upon what you would like to do to awaken or reawaken
aspects of your own inner genius. Look over your memori es of peak
lea rni ng experi ences, act ivit ies that you arc most passiona te about in
your current life. and things vou'd like to do in the future it given t he
t ime and opportunity, Choose one or two of these and begin lining them.
After some ti me, check in wit h colleagues who are engaged in their own
process of genius exploration and share your experiences with t hem.
2. What arc some experiences or materials that you've exposed your
st udents to th at ha ve created special moments of joy, curiosi ty, pl ayful-
ness, humor, or other quali ties of genius?Look over the list ofsuggestions
above and add your own ideas to them. Then t ry out one or two new
possibili t ies wit h your class and sha re the responses with colleagues.
.3 . What pan s of your curre nt classroom sett ing show aspects of t he
genial cl imat e described in t his sect ion! What ot he r dimensions of a
genial cl imate would vcu like to incorporat e int o your classroom!
Choose one of t hes e to focus on and spend some rime exploring ways to
integrate it int o your program (e.g., experiment wit h a "test-free zone"
in your classroom).
4. Describe each of your st udents in terms of one or more of the 12
qualities of gen ius descri bed in t hi s. hook. Then, add to th is. description
aspect s of one or more of t he eight intell igences from the theory of
mult iple intelli gences or anot her learning model that celebrates differ-
ent ways of knowing and learn ing. Add other gifrs, no matt er how
insigni ficant th ey may ini t ially appear. Fina lly, put all these i r ~
toget her in Cl "genius descript ion" for each of your students. Srarr wit h
one or t wo students who have had part icular difficul ty functioning in
school, and then work your way through t he whole class over a pe riod
of weeks or months.
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Powers of Ten (film, 9 minutes), Cha rles and Ray Eames, producers, 1978. Pyramid
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Zephyr Press, 3316 N. Chapel Ave., P. O. Box 66006-LA, Tucson , AZ 85728-6006.
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