 AUTHOR'S NOTE: I am also completing a prequil to "Unlock the Genius Within" (Rowman & Littlefield Education) entitled "Discovering the Genius Within." In it, I will delve further into the roots of both traumatic and transformative learning, and the current literature that supports curiosity-based, discovery-driven, mentor-assisted transformative learning over contemporary teaching. At the same time, I'm working on a sequel to "Unlock the Genius Within" entitled "Nurturing the Genius Within" that will cover the practical side of transformative learning: pedagogy, curriculum, syllabi, resources, assessment and evaluation, adding my own in-class observations in applying transforamtive learning techniques in the classroom. Many have asked me "Can it really be done?" and "What exactly does a transformative learning environment look and feel like?" These and similiar issues will be specifically addressed in "Nurturing the Genius Within." Both are scheduled for 2010 through Savant Books. |
Unlock the Genius Within:
 2007 Eric Hoffer Award
Daniel S. Janik, MD, PhD, argues replacing contemporary teaching with non-traumatic, curiosity-based, discovery-driven, mentor-assisted, transformational learning. Unlock the Genius Within is an easy read that explains—in a conversational manner—the newest ideas on neurobiological and transformational learning beginning with what's wrong with education and ending with a call for reader participation in developing and applying neurobiological learning and transformational learning theory and methodology. Janik draws extensively from his own experiences first as a physician working with psychological recovery from trauma, and then as an educator and linguist in applying neurobiologically-based transformational learning in clinics, classrooms, and tutoring. Featuring: · Descriptions of classical and contemporary research alongside allusions to popular movies and television programs · Suggested further readings · Neurobiologically-based transformative learning web resources Throughout the work, the author incorporates humor, wisdom, and anecdotes to effectively assist readers in understanding neurobiological concepts and information that demonstrate transformational learning. This work will be of interest to teachers (postsecondary, secondary, pre-secondary and ESL), administrators, counselors, parents, students, and researchers. REVIEWS: "a new look at how humans acquire language and knowledge" —Billie Day, Global TeachNet "seeks transformative solutions from within a realistically finite biology rather than a[n]...infinite technology...thought provoking reading for 21st century educators" -Dr. Robert Sylwester, Prof Emeritus (Education), University of Oregon. "Janik describes his neurobiological theory of learning using a minimum
of technical jargon...he identifies some basic principles of
effective learning and suggests how they may be applied in a wide range
of educational settings."—Reference & Research News |
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