Re-write the Human Story with Ursula LeGuin

Ready to re-imagine the human story as a creative, building, gathering, home-making tradition rather than one of destruction, killing, and violence? The story of human history shapes how we see ourselves and our capacity for life and learning. How can humans become something other than what the stories say that we are? First, we have … Continue reading Re-write the Human Story with Ursula LeGuin

The Limitations of Online Learning

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The limitation of online instruction is that much of it presumes education is entirely a matter of information transfer...and forgets that humans require more than answers to questions in order to live educated (and liberated) lives. The big question we face politically with both funding of the arts and with online schooling is really one … Continue reading The Limitations of Online Learning

The Challenge of Competency

Formal education still has to wake up to the fact that a human being is more than just a walking brain - or at least figure out some way to measure academic growth besides standardized tests!