Towards a New Consciousness
Walter Brueggemann is a scholar of the Hebrew Scriptures. He says: Moses was not engaged in a struggle to transform a regime (in Egypt); rather his concern was with the consciousness that undergirded and made such a regime possible.                THE PROPHETIC...
Whence Depth?
My newest passion about adult learning is depth. Whence depth? How can we be sure we are inviting and challenging learners to go deep! I want learners to not only learn the surface facts and figures, but to imagine implications, to reconstruct a concept to fit a...
Joy is the Measure
Paulo Freire continually asked, "What is to know?"Â I want to add another open question:Â Â How do you know you are right on, doing what folks truly need for their learning and yours? This week I realized:Â Joy is the measure. I feel and realize deep joy in learning...
Learning at Last
Every time I have tea with a friend by my fire, I learn something important. Here are two examples: Susan Johnstone came to review her design for her Presentation of her research for her M.A. As we worked, I realized for the first time that immediate indicators of...