TY  - BOOK
AU  - Shirley R. Steinberg
AU  - Joe L. Kincheloe
AU  - Edmund Adjapong
AU  - Deborah J. Tippins
PY  - 2020
CY  - New York, United States of America
PB  - Peter Lang Verlag
SN  - 1058-1634
SN  - 9781433180743
TI  - The Stigma of Genius
T2  - Einstein, Consciousness and Critical Education, Second Edition
DO  - 10.3726/b17433
UR  - https://www.peterlang.com/document/1059273
N2  - 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.
KW  - metaphor, scholarship, cognition, biography, failure
LA  - English
ER  -