Instructional Blogs
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A Reflection on Education / Symbol Making, Experience, & Imagination
Education that nourishes an integrated person is a process of symbolizing or otherwise making our experiences abstract, etheric, or aesthetic so concrete or rarified patterns can be reflected upon and...
A Reflection on Education / Symbol Making, Experience, & Imagination
Education that nourishes an integrated person is a process of symbolizing or otherwise making our experiences abstract, etheric, or aesthetic so concrete or rarified patterns can be reflected upon and...
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Poems - Anna Writes The Number 1 (500 words)
Holding the stick that a moment before she had used to pound a rock as if it were a drum, Anna drew the first number she had learned. The number...
Poems - Anna Writes The Number 1 (500 words)
Holding the stick that a moment before she had used to pound a rock as if it were a drum, Anna drew the first number she had learned. The number...
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Educating For Identity & Democracy (895 Words)
Equilibrium equals a unity within a plurality, whether that plurality is the various instincts and often impulsive and antagonistic urges and voices within an individual, the equality or balance of...
Educating For Identity & Democracy (895 Words)
Equilibrium equals a unity within a plurality, whether that plurality is the various instincts and often impulsive and antagonistic urges and voices within an individual, the equality or balance of...
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The Struggle To Deinstitutionalize Education
The Lord said to the Devil, "Behold the Truth."And the Devil said,"Excellent, let me organize it.Exploring the importance and complexity of truth happens when we light the spirit of love,...
The Struggle To Deinstitutionalize Education
The Lord said to the Devil, "Behold the Truth."And the Devil said,"Excellent, let me organize it.Exploring the importance and complexity of truth happens when we light the spirit of love,...
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Education Is About Imagination
The failure of public education to inspire students more fully has everything to do with our failure to mature our imaginations! We’ve yet to grasp the beauty of our children,...
Education Is About Imagination
The failure of public education to inspire students more fully has everything to do with our failure to mature our imaginations! We’ve yet to grasp the beauty of our children,...
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Poems - God Bless You, The Cobbler Said (1071 words)
The cobbler's voice rings out above the hum of equipment in his little shop -- God Bless You! God Bless You! God Bless You All! As his blessings fill our...
Poems - God Bless You, The Cobbler Said (1071 words)
The cobbler's voice rings out above the hum of equipment in his little shop -- God Bless You! God Bless You! God Bless You All! As his blessings fill our...
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What's Needed in Education's Future? (397 words)
Students are starving for learning that meet their needs--that inspire curiosity, belonging, play, choice, relevant problem solving, and expression. The lack of learner sensitive curriculum causes student boredom and burnout....
What's Needed in Education's Future? (397 words)
Students are starving for learning that meet their needs--that inspire curiosity, belonging, play, choice, relevant problem solving, and expression. The lack of learner sensitive curriculum causes student boredom and burnout....
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Creating Education's Future (727 Words)
Education’s 21st century opportunity is to link local <=> community resources and social-learning sciences to digital systems to better educate character and skills to achieve healthier individuals, institutions, ecologies and...
Creating Education's Future (727 Words)
Education’s 21st century opportunity is to link local <=> community resources and social-learning sciences to digital systems to better educate character and skills to achieve healthier individuals, institutions, ecologies and...
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Poems - Goodnight (881 Words)
Once when there was nothing—nothing, nothing, nothing at all—no sky,no sun, no moon or stars, no rain, snow, or...
Poems - Goodnight (881 Words)
Once when there was nothing—nothing, nothing, nothing at all—no sky,no sun, no moon or stars, no rain, snow, or...
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A Very Short Poem
in the school of joy and painnothing, nothing has a namethere is only light and darkness
A Very Short Poem
in the school of joy and painnothing, nothing has a namethere is only light and darkness
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A Little Adult Poem
when the mind is busythe wind blows the treeswhen the mind is stillthe trees dance
A Little Adult Poem
when the mind is busythe wind blows the treeswhen the mind is stillthe trees dance
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Smithies of Our Soul (Poem for my 80th Birthday)
When I sat in Mother’s lapLittle Toot was anchoredsnug in the day sweet bay What I was taught was true as a cow’s mooor the keystone in an arcand as...
Smithies of Our Soul (Poem for my 80th Birthday)
When I sat in Mother’s lapLittle Toot was anchoredsnug in the day sweet bay What I was taught was true as a cow’s mooor the keystone in an arcand as...
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Poems - Wonder of a Tree
How can it bethat great oak treegrows so silentlyoutside my windowand inside of meThough its will seems to be stillyet in its stillness it dancesinside of meisn't that the wonderof...
Poems - Wonder of a Tree
How can it bethat great oak treegrows so silentlyoutside my windowand inside of meThough its will seems to be stillyet in its stillness it dancesinside of meisn't that the wonderof...
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Poems - Education For Creation's Choir
In the beginning was the wordand the word was to create To create a universe,One song of unfolding beauty –Beauty to enjoyto ponderto wonder aboutBeauty to celebrate Scientists say the...
Poems - Education For Creation's Choir
In the beginning was the wordand the word was to create To create a universe,One song of unfolding beauty –Beauty to enjoyto ponderto wonder aboutBeauty to celebrate Scientists say the...
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Poems - Hogan Home
Is poetry the heartbeatthe flashing spearpoint the burning black obsidian the sound shaped into turning, burning earth holy and hollow clay shaped by mud smeared handsand fingers of fire Womb...
Poems - Hogan Home
Is poetry the heartbeatthe flashing spearpoint the burning black obsidian the sound shaped into turning, burning earth holy and hollow clay shaped by mud smeared handsand fingers of fire Womb...
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Poems - First Heartbeats
Oh beautiful earth spinningfaster than hunting cheetahhow do you gift me and great forest treesthe freedom to be still as resplendent lakedressed in silent moon beamssoon to greet dawn’s first...
Poems - First Heartbeats
Oh beautiful earth spinningfaster than hunting cheetahhow do you gift me and great forest treesthe freedom to be still as resplendent lakedressed in silent moon beamssoon to greet dawn’s first...
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On Education
Education is the process of symbolizing rich concrete experiences so they can be reflected on, then knowledge and contemplation can inspire unlimited imagination, humility, and gratitude. Education is also the...
On Education
Education is the process of symbolizing rich concrete experiences so they can be reflected on, then knowledge and contemplation can inspire unlimited imagination, humility, and gratitude. Education is also the...
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A reflection on Education / Symbol Making, Experience & Imagination
Education that nourishes an integrated person is a process of symbolizing or otherwise making our experiences abstract, etheric, or aesthetic so concrete or rarified patterns can be reflected upon and...
A reflection on Education / Symbol Making, Experience & Imagination
Education that nourishes an integrated person is a process of symbolizing or otherwise making our experiences abstract, etheric, or aesthetic so concrete or rarified patterns can be reflected upon and...