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In today's schools, students and teachers feel unprecedented-even alarming-levels of stress. How can we create calmer classrooms in which students concentrate better and feel more positive about themselves and others? Author Thomas Armstrong offers a compelling answer in the form of mindfulness, a secular practice he defines as the intentional focus of one's attention on the present moment in a nonjudgmental way.
In Mindfulness in the Classroom, Armstrong:
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Moody. Reckless. Impractical. Insecure. Distracted. These are all words commonly used to describe adolescents. But what if we recast these traits in a positive light? Teens possess insight, passion, idealism, sensitivity, and creativity in abundance--all qualities that can make a significant positive contribution to society. In this thought-provoking book, Thomas Armstrong looks at the power and promise of the teenage brain from an empathetic, strength-based...
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"Every student is a genius," declares author Thomas Armstrong, and an
educator's most important job is to discover and nurture the "genius
qualities" that all students were born with but that may no longer be
obvious. Urging readers to look beyond traditional understandings of
what constitutes genius, Armstrong describes 12 such qualities:
curiosity, playfulness, imagination, creativity, wonder, wisdom,
inventiveness,...