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Sometimes there is no concrete answer
Bird Droppings December 10-12, 2010 Sometimes there is no concrete answer “Obsessive search for the holy grail through only that which can be measured and documented effectively diminishes the sacred and leaves us standing empty without souls.” Dr. Grant Bennett A day or two a go I got a bit carried away and wandered into…
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There is an aspect you can not teach teachers
Bird Droppings December 9, 2010 There is an aspect you can not teach teachers “Studies suggest that instructional and management processes are key to effectiveness, but many interview and survey responses about effective teaching emphasize the teacher’s affective characteristics, or social and emotional behaviors, more than pedagogical practice.” James H. Stronge, Qualities of Effective Teachers…
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Looking to Nature for answers
Bird Droppings December 7, 2010 Looking to Nature for answers As I read and ponder a world engrossed with money and how we can spend money I wonder if perhaps some of the thinking that is bringing so many American Indians back to their more traditional world views has merit. I was beginning to look…
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A new life
Bird Droppings December 6, 2010 A new life Resurrection By Susan Thomas Underwood The universe is energy in constant motion. There are ebbs and flows; Outcomes and income, And change…… Always change. The physical world reflects this motion In the cycles of life, There is spring and fall, winter and summer, Birth and death; and…
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Can we find responsibilty
Bird Droppings December 3, 2010 Can we find Responsibility As I begin my morning of writing and wondering and first morning as a new grandfather the idea of responsibility sort of crept up on me. We live in a world of passing responsibility off to another generation be it natural resources, fiscal, educational, philosophical, judicial,…
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Another thought as winter sets in
Bird Droppings December 2, 2010 Another thought as winter sets in “Good words do not last long unless they amount to something.” Chief Joseph We have had some 30 degree nights here this week. Not sure whether to just start building fires in the fireplace or to crank up the heat. With the holidays a…
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Observation is experience and learning Part 2
Bird Droppings December 1, 2010 Observation is experience and learning Part 2 “The belief that all genuine education comes about through experience does not mean that all experiences are genuinely or equally educative.” John Dewey As I look at observation as a means of learning since it is through observation that we experience I find…
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Observation and or observing
Bird Droppings November 29, 2010 Observation and Observing – Part I “I do not write from mythology when I reflect upon Native American spirituality in this book. In my own opinion, mythology leads to superstition; and superstition has proved fatally destruction to many millions down through time. It is ironic, then that Dominant Society accuses…
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It is woven as the spider spins
Bird Droppings November 26-27, 2010 It is woven as the spider spins “For certain fortunate people, there is something that transcends all classifications of behavior, and that is awareness, something which rises from the programming of the past, and that is spontaneity; and something that is more rewarding than games and that is intimacy. But…
The daily meanderings of a teacher 