As we have seen in the above examples, the importance of thorough discernment of the essence of each subject is paramount. While we can read up on what others have said about these matters, nothing replaces our own work and mental effort. I would like to emphasize this yet again as an imperative for good teaching. The essence of what we have seen as applied was a point of view that put the central idea of the human being at the heart of considerations:in first grade the individual motility and physical activity of each child was addressed and required for a learning experience; in fifth grade the human form itself became the tool of learning in an applied metaphor; in eighth grade human concepts of fire, water, earth and air were used to understand and characterize earth processes. In all the classroom events we have vicariously witnessed, we have observed the human interaction between teacher and students, and not only in an external way, because the teacher’s inner work and mental preparation, going as far as working actively with the element of sleep, is a paramount aspect of this human interaction.
Posted on: Sat, 03 Aug 2013 14:18:54 +0000
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