The Vital Role of Inefficiency in Learning
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 […]
Learning to Let Your Wonder Wander
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 […]
Lessons in Learning from Dove Fledglings
Lessons in Learning from Dove Fledglings 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 […]
Rekindling Wonder in Learning
Rekindling Wonder in Learning 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 […]
