Full Description
In The Stigma of Genius: Einstein, Consciousness and Critical Education, we muse over ways in which to be, to become and to recognize uniqueness and different paths to genius. Understanding there is no prescribed procedure, we determine multiple actions, means and measures with which we recognize and teach to genius, we look at Einstein's life and knowledges to connect our pedagogies and students. Today's schools often exemplify an inability to stimulate and encourage students to find passion, goals and reasons to be educated. Many public school students do not succeed, they are disengaged, discouraged, and failing. Teachers are exhausted and overworked and lack respect and administrative support in districts controlled by local and national politics. Using Einstein as an example, but also a metaphor for educators, The Stigma of Genius is straight talk about the needs for schools/teachers/administrators/students to become critically and contextually aware. We argue for an education which is conscious of students' needs and the nuances within each school and each classroom. Discussing cognition, classes, urban education and diversity, we have attempted to circle back to Einstein and understand ways to support and encourage today's geniuses.
Contents
Christopher Emdin: Foreword - Shirley R Steinberg: Preface - Joe L. Kincheloe: Introduction: Rubber Sheets, Bowling Ball, and BBs—Interconnectedness and a New Consciousness - Einstein's Lessons for Learners - Einstein the Student, Einstein the Teacher - Einstein and the Purposes of Schooling - Rolling the Epistemological Dice - The Nature of Genius - Einstein's Unique Thinking Style - Einstein's Search for Unity - What About Teaching? - The Genius of Hip-hop - And Beyond Modern Education ... - Employing the Bricolage as Critical Research in Science Education - References - About the Authors.
