Asher Bey's Discussions
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Replied Feb. 4, 2008
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What are the inherent assumptions of a given subject? I would like to see us teach students to understand the frame of a subject in a way that allows challenging, supporting, or testing that frame. What problems can the subject address, and what p...
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- Tell about your involvement in education, and your ideals for collegial sharing
- I write about teaching from the point of view of a spiritual seeker. I want to make contact with other teachers who notice the many levels of teaching they bring to the classroom, and who are interested in exploring how their spiritual journey affects their teaching work.
For most of us who teach with a sense of spiritual calling this is no more a decision we make than is breathing. At the same time, breath can be studied, can be used, can transform us. I want to know more about how other teachers breathe.
- About Me:
- Over years of teaching it became clear to me that I was not only teaching the apparent subject, but also deeper subjects of meaning, spirit, and heart. For me, at least, it is impossible to do otherwise. How I teach is necessarily a reflection of who I am. How can I use my own spiritual journey to improve both?
- Website:
- http://www.guruhandbook.com
Comment Wall (4 comments)
- At 1:05pm on February 2, 2008,
Skip Zilla said… - Welcome, (pseudonymous) Asher.
I'm adding a link to your blog "The Guru's Handbook" to Fireside Learning's "can't miss links" box in the lower right panel. It will be listed by your name, or pseudonym in this case, instead of the blog's actual title.
A curious thing you'll find in our community of learners is that there are many who might identify themselves in one way or another as spiritual seekers; hopefully, you'll find company here.
Thanks for joining us.
- At 4:54am on February 2, 2008,
Ian Carmichael said…
- http://firesidelearning.ning.com/group/sometimespoets is the link.
- At 3:30am on February 2, 2008,
Connie Weber said…
- Welcome, Asher,
I spent some time at your website this morning. I enjoy your philosophical comments on teaching very much, especially your perspective on the 10 mistakes of teaching, among them "teaching the subject and not the student," "not listening," and "keeping to a script."
A person who inspired me very much has this motto: "We don't teach subjects, we teach children." (Jean Navarre, founder of Emerson School)
When I read your profile, a reference came to mind: Education and the Soul by John P. Miller. Have you read that book? (We could start a forum on an article by him if you'd like.)
It'll be great to have you join into the conversations here. Pull up a chair, sit by the fire. Would you like some tea?
- At 1:51am on February 2, 2008,
- Welcome Asher,
Look forward to your sharing here on this vital nexus. (And on anything else of pertinence to this fireside.)
Any poems about the journey would be welcome in Kevin's Sometimes Poets, etc.
Welcome again,
Ian
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