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A spiritual side to teaching
Bird Droppings August 29, 2010 A spiritual side to teaching “Solitude does not necessarily mean living apart from others; rather, it’s never living apart from one’s self. Not about absence of other people – it is about being fully present to ourselves, whether or not we are with others.” Parker Palmer Dr. Parker Palmer is…
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A final look at essential Bird Pedagogy
Bird Droppings August 27, 2010 A final look at essential Bird Pedagogy “If a university can’t have two out of five of their student-athletes graduate, I don’t know why they’re rewarded with post-season play” Arne Duncan Over the past few days I have been looking at how I see teaching and instruction and I have…
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Essential Bird Pedagogy Part 3
Bird Droppings August 26, 2010 Essential Bird Pedagogy Part 3 Essential Education Pedagogy The pedagogy developed by Tara Redwood School and Essential Education includes the following: • Knowledge of the inner world of thoughts, feelings and emotions is as important as knowledge of the outer world • An integrated and interdisciplinary approach to learning is…
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Essential Bird Pedagogy Part 2
Bird Droppings August 25, 2010 Essential Bird Pedagogy Part 2 “We would do away with examinations. They measure the inconsequential type of learning. We would do away with grades and credits for the same reason. We would do away with degrees as a measure of competence partly for the same reason. Another reason is…
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Essential Bird Pedagogy
Bird Droppings August 23-24, 2010 Essential Bird Pedagogy Part 1 “The only person who is educated is the one who has learned how to learn and change.” Dr. Carl Rogers, considered the father of humanistic psychology Carl Rogers in 1969 published a book, Freedom to Learn. You would think that in a country with mandatory…
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The sixteen hour syndrome and why we should embrace it
Bird Droppings August 22, 2010 The Sixteen hour syndrome and why we should embrace it It has been nearly ten years since I wrote about the Sixteen Hour Syndrome in relationship to emotionally and behaviorally disturbed students. The idea developed from my own observations of a group of twenty eight students in a Georgia high…
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An Emerson day
Bird Droppings August 21, 2010 An Emerson day Last night I was extremely tired after the first week of school and our first official football game. While just a scrimmage I went and took a few photos. I left earlier just exhausted and started watching a movie and then proceeded to walk around outside. It…
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A new morning
Bird Droppings August 20, 2010 A new morning It was a strange evening being home alone for a few moments yesterday my sons left for Daytona Beach for a National Reptile Show. They called of course confirming their arrival and as I walked our dog out remembered we had our first softball game coming up…
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A founding father
Bird Droppings August 19, 2010 A founding father “Constitutions should consist only of general provisions; the reason is that they must necessarily be permanent, and that they cannot calculate for the possible change of things.” Alexander Hamilton As I looked through news this morning many of the situations go back to ideas and thoughts begun…
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A continuing saga
Bird Droppings August 18, 2010 A continuing saga It is so often that I write of coincidence it may seem boring to some. To me it is a never ending saga of special moments one after the other. During a college graduate class we discussed science and measuring of data, intuition and coincidence it seems…
The daily meanderings of a teacher 