Yesterday I attended the Continuums of Service conference here in Portland, Oregon. Several hundred people from several states were in attendance — all of us focused on service-learning, social action, and social justice work within higher education. It was an amazing group to be in and I felt privileged to be in the presence of [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Change’
Installment #9: What My Toddler Has Taught Me About Adult Learning
Posted in Adult Learners, Change, Higher Education, Learning, Life, Toddlers, tagged adultlearners, Change, highereducation, knowledge, Learning, Life, problemsolving, reflection, Toddlers on March 16, 2010 | 6 Comments »
In this day and age, learning requires becoming and being comfortable with ambiguity and finding our way through a tunnel in which the end may not be in sight (or, in fact, in which there may not be an end). In his book Learning as a Way of Being, Peter Vaill calls these conditions of [...]
Hey Brother, Can You Spare Some Change?
Posted in Adult Learners, Change, Learning, PLA, tagged adultlearners, Change, highereducation, Learning, PLA on October 14, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
I have prattled often about the relationship between learning and change and I even shared what I thought to be a really good idea about it all, and alas, here I post about it again. Why do I keep yammering about this, you ask? Well, I ran across a good quote about it all and [...]
Be The Mosquito
Posted in Life, Mission, Service, tagged Change, power, Service on May 22, 2009 | 3 Comments »
“If you think you’re too small to have an impact, try going to bed with a mosquito in the room.” –Johan Bruyneel, Team Astana manager
Not The Kind Of Change You Find Under The Couch Cushions
Posted in Career Services, Employment, Professional Development, Service, tagged CampusCompact, Change, Employment, Service on May 15, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
I think it’s fairly safe to say that a lot of our students are service-oriented in mind and heart. I think it’s not false to say that most of you want to, in one way or another, help others in need, help improve the environment, and in general, make a difference to the quality of [...]
A Bow & An Arrow
Posted in Higher Education, Learning, tagged adultlearners, Change, Learning, mentor on March 21, 2009 | 1 Comment »
With a good old friend, I am revisiting a good old friend, the book Mentor, by Larry Daloz. I got to chapter 8 and I ran across this quote again, which I loved the first and second times I found it. Now, though, I am inspired to commit it to memory: I must only warn [...]
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