Tuesdays with Jane: Week #3

May 23, 2016

(Tuesdays with Jane is a virtual learning series for those wishing to read or re-read Jane’s books and immediately apply their new learning to their workplace. In preparation for this task, read Chapter 2 in the book Learning to Listen, Learning to Teach.)

Quantum Thinking and Dialogue Education

I love this chapter! I like the way I made a quietly conservative selection of six quantum thinking concepts, and promised to use these concepts in analyzing and interpreting the upcoming stories.

I just realized that by making such a selection, I was actually manifesting quantum thinking: the whole is more than the sum of its parts, and the whole is in every part.

Why these six? Again, I really do not know: perhaps they seemed to me fundamental and somewhat accessible. Their inter-relatedness corroborates one of the concepts: everything is connected.

Chapter Two is too heavy on theory and even the promise of application in the stories does not help. Whenever I get a chance to write a new edition of this book, I will offer more examples of each of these familiar but elusive concepts:

Relatedness: everything is connected. The whole is greater than the sum of its parts

Duality: consider either/or thinking

Energy: it takes energy to learn

Uncertainty: pray for doubt

Participation: we evoke the world we perceive.

This chapter is short: six pages! I may indeed have muddied the waters by introducing quantum thinking. I hope not. Every day I see evidence of these and other quantum concepts in my quiet, retired life: I am more than the sum of my old, aching parts! The whole picture of my health is seen in a few drops of blood! My energy is renewed by engagement and exercise! My whole life is in this moment! Quantum thinking!

Some great lines from Chapter Two:

“…a constructionist perspective invites learners to develop the theory and practices they are learning in the light of their context.” p31
“…prepare men and women for the work of the world, not merely for work in the world.” p33
“notice how energy rises when learners are aware of their responsibility to decide.” p35

A LEARNING TASK:

Which of these six quantum thinking concepts has been most useful to you in your design and/or teaching?

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