How do we define “learning?” Is learning the harvest of a creative endeavor that requires a genuine investment of effort and sacrifice on our part or merely a transactional act focused on how rapidly we can access and ingest information and data? We live in an era where obtaining information has become astonishingly efficient on … Read moreThe Vital Role of Inefficiency in Learning
I love it when an experience puts me into what the great Irish writer, James Joyce, would call a state of “esthetic arrest”—when an experience stops time. I am a teacher by profession but I paradoxically most often find myself in the role of the inquirer, what one might associate more with the student. This learning … Read moreLearning’s Landscape of Beauty
Learning is a marvel to me. I never tire of seeing how often my curiosity and sense of wonder are activated by a new experience or encounter. Sometimes I feel there is a modern notion suggesting learning is something that is the exclusive domain of childhood, the purpose of which is to prepare us for … Read moreLearning to Let Your Wonder Wander
Recently, I had to run an errand. I was in a bit of a hurry and had a lot of things swirling in my head so in this state of mind, I snatched my keys and stepped out the back door to go to the garage. I pull the door open and as I step … Read moreLessons in Learning from Dove Fledglings
A bead of sweat collected at the tip of my nose as I stared at the ground between my hiking boots trying to allow my eyes to train their focus on something as my hands supported my collapsed torso on my knees. I was trying to focus on something to distract me from the raging … Read moreRekindling Wonder in Learning