“Man is the only animal that laughs and weeps; for he is the only animal that is struck with the difference between what things are, and what they ought to be.” William Hazlitt Continue reading
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What is your philosophy of learning?
As we begin another semester of learning, understanding, and application – what is your philosophy of learning that scratches the underbelly of your academic journey this semester? Continue reading
What did you say? Pay attention!
As we begin another semester, how many times will you find yourself uttering the following: Are you listening? Pay Attention!
How do we focus on the Now or even be conscious of it, since neuroscientist, Dr. Bruce Lipton in his book, The Power of Belief, maintains that 95% of our lives are spent in the unconscious mode as opposed to the critical, conscious mode of presence to the moment. Continue reading
College 102 – Helping skills for faculty, staff, advisors, and licensed counselors
On Thursday evening, August 18, 2017 I attended a presentation by Katie Trulley, Cindy Kothbauer, and Drew Brabant entitled “Inside Track” at Northeast Wisconsin Technical College encouraging all faculty and staff to engage in helping students in their discernment processes of pursuing and completing their degrees along with experiencing personal fulfillment. Continue reading
An Apologia for Thinking Critically and Creatively
Before I take leave upon my 17 years as a facilitator of learning, one of my favorite courses that I loved to offer as a challenge to the human mind, Thinking Critically and Creatively, is being phased out of the curriculum by the summer of 2018. Before this fundamentally seminal course for any other course or program becomes merely a whimper in the halls of academia, there is a chorus line of students singing its praises: Continue reading
The S.O.O.S. Theory of Learning
As instructors we can be a Stepping stone or a Stumbling block or we can be an Opportunity or an Obstacle –to learning, understanding, and application — which one(s) are you? Let’s take a dip into the past, (circa 470-399 B.C.E.) where intellectual stepping stones and opportunities abounded and are still relevant today. Continue reading
A Time for Transitioning as an Educator
On May 2, 2017, about 3:15 pm my wife and I walked hand-in-hand into Northeast Wisconsin Technical College to be recognized, celebrated, and honored as a retiree. I was anticipating a joyous time, seeking to savor the applause and fleeting last hurrahs. Continue reading
Everyday Gaian – Earth Day – April 22, 2017
Do you have a reverence, respect, and love for nature? How are you living in harmony with it – not just on April 22, but each and every day? As instructors, have you a learning plan in your courses for responsible and active deep ecology? “The expansion of human power has hardly begun, and what we are going to do with our power may either save or destroy our planet. The earth may be of small significance within the infinite universe. But if it is of some significance, we hold the key to it. In our own age we have been forced into the realization that there will be either one world, or no world.” –Abraham Joshua Heschel. Are we moving in the direction of a wrenching and sorrowful demise of our planet? Or are we moving in the direction of a universal, collective consciousness that it is now or never? Continue reading
Learning How to Think more than What to Think
On March 17, 2017, Fox Valley Technical College will host Dr. Saundra McGuire, she will present “Teach Students How to Learn” which triggered in my mind that there is nothing new under the academic sun. Continue reading
Think Straight–Feel Great
A Critique and Rearranging of Choices of Successful Students (from Downing. On Course, 6E. 2011 Wadsworth, a part of Cengage Learning Inc.)
Recently, I was sitting at my desk in my office, and I glanced at a sheet posted on my bulletin board, viz., “Choices of Successful Students.” Continue reading
