“Come to the edge.” “We might fall.” “Come to the edge.” “It’s too high!” “COME TO THE EDGE!” And they came And he pushed And they flew. – Christopher Logue from New Numbers (London: Jonathan Cape, 1969) pp. 65-66
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Great scene from a classic (1991) movie, Baraka: A Zen monk slowly walks down a busy Japanese city street: cf. “Cellphone Deadspot on I-95″ When is the last time you felt like that monk?
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Here are a few quotes from the Dao De Jing [Tao Te Ching] by Lao Tzu, relevant to effective instruction, teaching, coaching and leadership. These are adapted from the translation of Dwight Goddard and Henri Borel (1919). Where I’ve put the word “teacher“ you can substitute it with “instructor,” “coach,” or “leader.” (Similarly, use “instruct,’ “teach,” “coach” or [...]
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Here’s a great story about the sales performance of individuals versus groups, involving chickens: William Muir, an animal breeder at Purdue University, wanted to increase egg production by selective breeding, and he tried to do it in two ways. Both involved housing hens in cages (groups), which is standard practice in the poultry industry. The first [...]
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This was my third and final written assignment for the course INSDSG 602, The Adult as Learner at the University of Massachusetts Boston’s Master of Education, Instructional Design program. While I’m a bit embarrassed about posting it here on this blog (on account of it being uber-mushy to the point of indulgence), this paper contains some concepts that [...]
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