Comments for learning http://barkingowl.com/learning it's about the journey Fri, 12 Mar 2010 17:31:58 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5 Comment on Outdoor Education by Vidyut Kale http://barkingowl.com/learning/2007/03/05/outdoor-education/#comment-36009 Vidyut Kale Wed, 16 Apr 2008 06:56:22 +0000 http://barkingowl.com/learning/2007/03/05/outdoor-education/#comment-36009 What a wonderful post! I enjoy reading your blog. I am an outdoor facilitator with children in India and this post just fires me up with enthusiasm and possibilities and ideas. What a long way we have to go, what wonderful possibilities. In many ways, the village schools we have in India are interesting in this respect with classes often held in the outdoors under a tree and the occasional dog or cow wandering into the group. I wish there were a way to merge the learning standards of modern city schools with the natural charm of the village ones. What a wonderful post! I enjoy reading your blog.

I am an outdoor facilitator with children in India and this post just fires me up with enthusiasm and possibilities and ideas. What a long way we have to go, what wonderful possibilities.

In many ways, the village schools we have in India are interesting in this respect with classes often held in the outdoors under a tree and the occasional dog or cow wandering into the group. I wish there were a way to merge the learning standards of modern city schools with the natural charm of the village ones.

]]> Comment on Bohemianism > Sussex > Charleston > Autodidacticism by Bearz http://barkingowl.com/learning/2007/01/30/bohemianism-sussex-charleston-autodidacticism/#comment-35080 Bearz Sat, 15 Mar 2008 08:04:50 +0000 http://barkingowl.com/learning/2007/01/30/bohemianism-sussex-charleston-autodidacticism/#comment-35080 I too used to believe that everyone was open minded, tolerant & free. Until I was around 15. At which time I realised I'd been essentially reincarnated in the dark ages again. At around the same time I started meditating twice a day, gradually remembering who & what I truly am. A creative & free spirit, having a human experience. At any rate, I miss living "Among The Bohemians" myself. I used to spend Summer's at Allen Ginsberg's farm in Cherry Valley NY. Perhaps I'll write Summer Among The Bohemian’s? Your blog is refreshing, like an oasis in a pandemic storm of conservatism. I discovered it by searching for Vanessa Bell & Bloomsbury group. You see, I'm very fond of the Vanessa's work & the entire bloomsbury era. Perhaps I should relocate to some place more gentle & civil? I've very much enjoyed reading your thoughts, that you've thought aloud in your blog. If you like stay in touch. -Bearz ps, thanks for the info about Among The Bohemian’s, I plan on getting it in the morning!~ I too used to believe that everyone was open minded, tolerant & free. Until I was around 15. At which time I realised I’d been essentially reincarnated in the dark ages again. At around the same time I started meditating twice a day, gradually remembering who & what I truly am. A creative & free spirit, having a human experience. At any rate, I miss living “Among The Bohemians” myself. I used to spend Summer’s at Allen Ginsberg’s farm in Cherry Valley NY. Perhaps I’ll write Summer Among The Bohemian’s?

Your blog is refreshing, like an oasis in a pandemic storm of conservatism. I discovered it by searching for Vanessa Bell & Bloomsbury group. You see, I’m very fond of the Vanessa’s work & the entire bloomsbury era. Perhaps I should relocate to some place more gentle & civil?

I’ve very much enjoyed reading your thoughts, that you’ve thought aloud in your blog. If you like stay in touch.

-Bearz
ps, thanks for the info about Among The Bohemian’s, I plan on getting it in the morning!~

]]> Comment on Curious? by “Stay hungry, stay foolish” - dip into the Well « Authentic Blogging http://barkingowl.com/learning/2007/04/23/curious/#comment-34045 “Stay hungry, stay foolish” - dip into the Well « Authentic Blogging Fri, 15 Feb 2008 13:42:17 +0000 http://barkingowl.com/learning/2007/04/23/curious/#comment-34045 [...] I grew up with The Whole Earth Catalog (then Whole Earth Review > now Magazine). I was young, but it was ever so formative, as were the joints and conversations around the table of that expansive, bohemian childhood. It was THERE, everyhere. As ubiquitous and omnipotent as the bible, more so (hey Steve, you stole my line).  I am having an epiphany right now just thinking about it. Must find out if Tim Berners-Lee read it before he invented the WWW. [...] […] I grew up with The Whole Earth Catalog (then Whole Earth Review > now Magazine). I was young, but it was ever so formative, as were the joints and conversations around the table of that expansive, bohemian childhood. It was THERE, everyhere. As ubiquitous and omnipotent as the bible, more so (hey Steve, you stole my line).  I am having an epiphany right now just thinking about it. Must find out if Tim Berners-Lee read it before he invented the http://WWW. […]

]]> Comment on Curious? by CERN - the cosmic joke « Authentic Blogging http://barkingowl.com/learning/2007/04/23/curious/#comment-33819 CERN - the cosmic joke « Authentic Blogging Fri, 08 Feb 2008 16:55:56 +0000 http://barkingowl.com/learning/2007/04/23/curious/#comment-33819 [...] Reminds me of the Alan Watts quote and Taosit poem at the centre of my paper on curiosity and learning - Towards integrated learner curiosity. “In sum, then, te is the unthinkable ingenuity and creative power of man’s spontaneous and natural functioning – a power which is blocked when one tries to master it in terms of formal methods and techniques.  It is like the centipede’s skill in using a hundred legs at once. [...] […] Reminds me of the Alan Watts quote and Taosit poem at the centre of my paper on curiosity and learning - Towards integrated learner curiosity. “In sum, then, te is the unthinkable ingenuity and creative power of man’s spontaneous and natural functioning – a power which is blocked when one tries to master it in terms of formal methods and techniques.  It is like the centipede’s skill in using a hundred legs at once. […]

]]> Comment on Curious? by Blogging at LIFT08 « Authentic Blogging http://barkingowl.com/learning/2007/04/23/curious/#comment-33485 Blogging at LIFT08 « Authentic Blogging Thu, 31 Jan 2008 17:45:53 +0000 http://barkingowl.com/learning/2007/04/23/curious/#comment-33485 [...] 2. Inviting time, space, stimulation, reflection, dialogue to motivate my curiosity for how we learn and create [...] […] 2. Inviting time, space, stimulation, reflection, dialogue to motivate my curiosity for how we learn and create […]

]]> Comment on Updating CV - work in progress (to 2006) by Emma http://barkingowl.com/learning/2005/11/23/updating-cv-work-in-progress/#comment-33230 Emma Thu, 24 Jan 2008 04:07:26 +0000 http://barkingowl.com/learning/2005/11/23/updating-cv-work-in-progress/#comment-33230 My family and I are also looking to Move to Perth/Fremantle and are looking for a Reggio Emilia kindergarten/school. We are unble to afford the private sytem. Do you know of any state schools or local kindergartens adopting this approach? Loved your Blog! Emma My family and I are also looking to Move to Perth/Fremantle and are looking for a Reggio Emilia kindergarten/school. We are unble to afford the private sytem. Do you know of any state schools or local kindergartens adopting this approach?
Loved your Blog!

Emma

]]> Comment on Curious? by What shall I blog about? « Authentic Blogging http://barkingowl.com/learning/2007/04/23/curious/#comment-31456 What shall I blog about? « Authentic Blogging Tue, 20 Nov 2007 11:40:31 +0000 http://barkingowl.com/learning/2007/04/23/curious/#comment-31456 [...] As one of the world’s most evolved and influential educators Paolo Freire has stated: I believe in the pedagogy of curiosity… the pedagogy of the question and not of the answer (Freire in Papert, late 1980s). [...] […] As one of the world’s most evolved and influential educators Paolo Freire has stated: I believe in the pedagogy of curiosity… the pedagogy of the question and not of the answer (Freire in Papert, late 1980s). […]

]]> Comment on England, oh England by Libby Davy http://barkingowl.com/learning/2005/11/20/england-oh-england/#comment-31402 Libby Davy Sun, 18 Nov 2007 10:03:34 +0000 http://barkingowl.com/learning/2005/11/20/england-oh-england/#comment-31402 I wonder if mark would say the same thing now he has two children under 3? Sparkle? Would you like to update this for us? x L I wonder if mark would say the same thing now he has two children under 3?

Sparkle? Would you like to update this for us?

x

L

]]> Comment on the journey itself is home by Garth http://barkingowl.com/learning/2007/05/04/the-journey-itself-is-home/#comment-30452 Garth Thu, 18 Oct 2007 18:02:59 +0000 http://barkingowl.com/learning/2007/05/04/the-journey-itself-is-home/#comment-30452 A few years ago I went on a meditation retreat. A poem came to me which is a bit like what your poem is saying: Sitting in the sun one day and looking in a particular way I saw the silver tracks of unseen snails Going nowhere. A few years ago I went on a meditation retreat.
A poem came to me which is a bit like what your poem is saying:

Sitting in the sun one day
and looking in a particular way
I saw the silver tracks of unseen snails
Going nowhere.

]]> Comment on Befriending the Critical Voice by Libby Davy http://barkingowl.com/learning/2007/02/02/a-call-for-positive-scepticism/#comment-30406 Libby Davy Tue, 16 Oct 2007 15:31:36 +0000 http://barkingowl.com/learning/2007/02/02/a-call-for-positive-scepticism/#comment-30406 buddhism encourages the critical voice, inviting experimentation, not forcing your mind to conform to the buddhas' knowledge, but inviting you to construct your own. Was the Buddha a Social Constructivist? See the Reggio category for more on this. buddhism encourages the critical voice, inviting experimentation, not forcing your mind to conform to the buddhas’ knowledge, but inviting you to construct your own. Was the Buddha a Social Constructivist? See the Reggio category for more on this.

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