Category Archives: Book Reviews

Multiple Intelligences Expands Around the World

Posted on February 20, 2013 by Thomas Armstrong

The use of Howard Gardner’s theory of multiple intelligences (MI theory) has been increasing by leaps and bounds in countries across the globe.  In many countries, it has become part of national policy.  In India, for example, as part of … Continue reading →

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New Book on 21st Century Learning Includes Article on Neurodiversity

Posted on October 19, 2012 by Thomas Armstrong

A new free online book includes a chapter that I wrote on neurodiversity.  The book is entitled:  Creating an Appropriate 21st Century Education, and consists of 20 essays contributed by educators from a wide range of fields (the book was edited by Robert Sylwester, and … Continue reading →

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Censorship Blocks Kids From Learning How the World Works

Posted on August 22, 2012 by Thomas Armstrong

On January 22, 2007, the American Library Association awarded The Newbery Medal (the most prestigious book award for children’s literature) to Susan Patron for her book “The Higher Power of Lucky.”  The book is about a ten year old girl … Continue reading →

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The Best Schools Are Not Test Factories but Places for Developing Whole Human Beings

Posted on August 17, 2012 by Thomas Armstrong

I’ve written a book for educators called The Best Schools:  How Human Development Research Should Inform Educational Practice (publisher:  The Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development, December, 2006).  In this book I suggest that our educational climate has become totally … Continue reading →

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Book Review of David Marshak’s The Common Vision

Posted on August 7, 2012 by Thomas Armstrong

David Marshak, emeritus professor in the College of Education at Seattle University, has written a book, The Common Vision:  Parenting and Educating for Wholeness (Peter Lang Publishing), that integrates the developmental ideas of three esoteric thinkers from the early 20th … Continue reading →

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