Resources

Teacher & Parent Development: Learning How to Learn

  • A Day (Off) in the Life of a Teacher: Why Do I Do This?, by Mark Kennedy (Winter 2002, Issue #11, pp. 6-10). This teacher finds the value of taking time to look more carefully, again, into his own motivations for teaching.
  • The Blessings of Authenticity: An Interview with Myla and Jon Kabat-Zinn, by Charlie Miles and Richard Prystowsky (Winter 2001, Issue #7, pp. 8-25). Discussions on "this constantly changing landscape which is parenting, being in relationship with the family."
  • Little Stories of Large Teachers, by Tobin Hart (Autumn 2002, Issue #14, pp. 6-10). A therapist and teacher tells of the wonder, honest relationships, and listening that he views as essential to good teaching, and how education involves "a simultaneous process of learning material and learning about ourselves."
  • Magical Parent-Magical Child: The Optimum Learning Relationship, by Michael Mendizza and Joseph Chilton Pearce (Autumn 2002, Issue #14, pp. 28-32). In this article, a new model of peak performance and optimum learning is introduced, one that is the subject of the authors' forthcoming book, also entitled Magical Parent — Magical Child: The Optimum Learning Relationship. For more information on this book, see www.ttfuture.org/magical.
  • Study Circles: Education for Our Times, by Cecile Andrews (Winter 2002, Issue #10, pp. 32-36). Discusses the use of study circles as the intersection of individual and social change, where "people catch fire and become involved." See also Simplicity and Education action guide.
  • White Male Professor at a Women's Prison, by John D. Lawry (Summer 2002, Issue #13, pp. 39-41). A college professor encounters a unique opportunity by placing himself in a situation that is far from comfortable, and learns more about what it means to face oneself and to be be challenged by the honesty and courage of others.
 

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