by Steve Thomason | Jun 4, 2013 | Adult Learning, Cognitive Development and the Evolving Self, The Trinity
A new Twitter connection sent me a link the other day to this presentation by Robert Kegan: Searching for a way out of hell: mental complexity, wellbeing, and Bob’s Big Idea : RSA blogs. Be sure to check out the podcast attached to this blogpost. Here Kegan discusses...
by Steve Thomason | Mar 7, 2013 | Adult Learning, The Trinity
I’ve done a little more digging into George H. Mead. His work definitely connects with my MeWe principle. Two websites here and here have summarized his work. I haven’t yet delved into his work directly, although I have located it. Mead, George Herbert,...
by Steve Thomason | Dec 8, 2012 | Adult Learning, Personal Journal, Spiritual Formation, Suburban Studies
This is a section from Exploring Spirituality in Adult and Higher Education. Tisdell addresses the fact that white people in the United States are generally blind to culture, like a fish is unaware of water. A path to spiritual transformation is to wrestle with white...
by Steve Thomason | Nov 21, 2012 | Adult Learning, Books - Adult Learning, Books - Spirituality, Spiritual Formation
Exploring Spirituality and Culture in Adult and Higher Education by Elizabeth Tisdell My Notes… Assumptions about Spirituality: spirituality and religion are not the same, but for many people they are interrelated spirituality is an awareness and honoring of...
by Steve Thomason | Nov 20, 2012 | Adult Learning, Books - Adult Learning, Spiritual Formation
Mezirow, Jack. Learning as Transformation: Critical Perspectives on a Theory in Progress. 1st ed. The Jossey-Bass Higher and Adult Education Series. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, 2000. The Author – Jack Mezirow a pdf of learning as Transformation by Jack Mezirow...
by Steve Thomason | Nov 19, 2012 | Adult Learning, Spiritual Formation
From Individual to Corporate Praxis my annotated copy ABSTRACT – While praxis-oriented educational methodologies have become nearly normative in adult Christian religious education, an individualist framework still colors many of the approaches involved....