I recently attended a session at the AHEA conference in Chicago that was led by my colleagues Morry Fiddler and Catherine Marienau of the School for New Learning at DePaul University. The session was titled “??!!(Work)??” — so the title alone captured my interest.
The workshop itself was a nice opportunity for conference attendees to stop [...]
Posts Tagged ‘reflection’
Good Work!
Posted in Conferences, Employment, Life, Professional Development, tagged Employment, Life, reflection on October 19, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
What Summer With Mac Taught Me
Posted in Learning, Life, Toddlers, tagged beach, Learning, Life, reflection, summer, Toddlers on September 28, 2009 | 3 Comments »
It’s the first week of classes here and we’re off to a rip-roaring start with Fall term, and I, for one, am ready for it! The temperature is dropping, the leaves on the trees are starting to turn vivid colors, the light evenings are gradually darkening, and I am thinking about Halloween candy. (Oh that [...]
Weaving Threads Into A Tapestry
Posted in Employment, Professional Development, tagged Employment, professionaldevelopment, reflection on September 16, 2009 | 2 Comments »
I’ve been thinking a lot about my professional path lately, for no particular reason other than the fact that I am surrounded by people (mostly students, but also several friends and colleagues) who are doing the same. As I consider the jobs I’ve held since I began working in higher education 15+ years ago, there [...]
Let Your Experiences Teach You, Not Define You
Posted in Adult Learners, Higher Education, Learning, PLA, tagged adultlearners, education, highereducation, knowledge, Learning, Obama, reflection on September 8, 2009 | 2 Comments »
Earlier today, Obama gave a speech to America’s schoolchildren. My kid isn’t old enough for Obama’s words to be inspirational (unless Obama happens to be driving a trash truck and happily honking at toddlers while passing out balloons, bubbles, and chocolate milk), but I am. And even though Obama’s speech is geared toward children, there [...]
Sometimes I Am Coyote
Posted in Adult Learners, Higher Education, Learning, Preparing for Grad School, tagged adultlearners, education, highereducation, Learning, problemsolving, reflection on June 15, 2009 | 2 Comments »
Stephen Brookfield is one of my academic heroes. I’ve read most of his books in my own study of adult learning and teaching, and his insights about learning, thinking, teaching –well, about being – never fail to impress me.
One of Brookfield’s publications* is, I suspect, not widely know about. It’s a study of 311 adult [...]
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