ITunes Podcast: 006: The Value of Silent Meditation with Allen Gaskell “All of humanity’s problems stem from man’s inability to sit quietly in a room alone” — Blaise Pascal One of my goals with the Landscapes for Learning project is to draw more attention to the need for an explicitly taught wisdom curriculum for highContinueContinue reading “Podcast: The Value of Silent Meditation with Allen Gaskell”
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Learning is Life
“To see young people come alive is the reward of teaching” —Joseph Cambell According to Joseph Cambell, famed author of The Hero with a Thousand Faces (1949), Myths to Live by (1972), and The Hero’s Journey (1990), the goal of maturity is to know oneself —to understand the inner landscape– to be the hero of one’sContinueContinue reading “Learning is Life”
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Educating Human Beings or Human Doings?
What kind of learning do you value and why? I value the kind of learning that helps people live qualitatively well as authentic “human beings” not just as skilful and knowledgeable “human doings.” Unfortunately, our current American public schooling system continues to dedicate most of its attention, time, choices, actions, deeply-ingrained habits, and resources toContinueContinue reading “Educating Human Beings or Human Doings?”
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Teaching & Learning About the Places That Scare You
The following quotes are taken from The Places That Scare Us by Pema Chodron where she describes the exploration of the inner landscape that I believe is sorely needed as part of kids’ education more than ever before: “We’re encouraged to meditate every day, even for a short time, in order to cultivate this steadfastness withContinueContinue reading “Teaching & Learning About the Places That Scare You”
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Who am I?
My previous “Calling a Spade a Spade” post is about telling the truth– something our world desperately needs at this exact moment in time. Each of us has to talk about the truth, within our seemingly small and insignificant spheres of life, however uncomfortable or however much it may threaten our reputations. Our integrity andContinueContinue reading “Who am I?”
