The Hidden Wholeness
“The Hidden Wholeness” is the idea that in everything there is unity and integrity a fire burning in each and everything that connects things, all sorts of different and mysterious things. Palmer believes that having polarities and paradox’s is necessary. When you look at a polarity or a paradox there is a neglected pole or side, and we are trained to neglect one side. We are trained to listen to only one side instead of with both ears. He believes that this is because we are too competitive and that we look at the world through analytical lenses. “We see everything as this or that, plus or minus, on or off, black, or white; and we fragment reality into an endless series of either-or’s.” (pg62)
Palmer believes that these things are needed in the classroom, but instead of seeing them as either-or’s we need to look at them as both-and’s.
Space should welcome both silence and speech: Most people believe that words are the only way of exchange in teaching and learning. But silence gives us the opportunity to reflect upon what we and others have said and heard. In a sense silence is a sort of speech that we have with ourselves, a sort of monologue we have with ourselves. A conversation that allows you to reflect, think or talk to yourself.
When you observe a group of typical size, they can tolerate silence for approximately fifteen seconds, before someone will break the silence. This is because the silence is causing tension in the group and they feel the need to break the tension. They also feel that the only way the tension can be released is by breaking the silence. Behind all of this is fear, fear is what creates the tension. Fear is interpreting the silence as something gone wrong. People feel that they...
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... group voice. It is effectively described in a situation that can happen inside or outside of the classroom. Decision making by consensus: A consensus is reached when all of the people in a group agree on the same idea, thing or concept. In order to reach an agreement the group has to listen to the voice of the individual. As things progress a shared or joint voice will begin to emerge through individual efforts within the group. The group makes assertions on each individual, compelling them to neither give in or remain defiant but to seek out and speak the groups truth more thoughtfully. When you combine a learning space with this paradox you create a space in which students will learn their subject, learn to speak their own thoughts about the subject and learn to listen and seek for an ever changing collective wisdom that will ultimately evolve their own thoughts
...distractions. Taking time to observe and analyze the silence can bring something to the surface that could never be confronted in any other way. We need to embrace silence presented throughout life, for we will come out with more definitive, powerful voices.
Justification: The strategies for Tiffany should help her be more successful in the classroom while still allowing her to learn. These strategies will assist her ……
Clearly, all students should learn the basic things that every adult should know throughout their life. A majority of students have to go through real world situations on their own, and they though...
According to Working in Groups, muted group theory is, “the ways that the communication practices of dominant groups suppress, mute, or devaluate the words, ideas, and discourses of subordinate groups” (Engleberg, Wynn, pg. 88). Muted group theory can be problematic within groups due to the fact that, although a group may have several members, they are unable to voice their opinions or ideas; which lead to less creativity and member satisfaction. I believe that this is more likely to happen, when majority of a group belongs to a certain organization, group, or program. For instance, in my cardiopulmonary pharmacology study group, majority of us live on campus so, we tend to mute group members that live off campus when it comes to deciding where
As smoke poured into the room the three strangers waiting in the lobby just sat there until it was unbearable to breathe. Believe it or not people do this, just so that they don’t get embarrassed. Carol Tavris’s essay she is successful in getting the point across that people act different in groups than they do alone. She has many appeals to emotion, logic, and being the renown psychologist she is, she has credibility. She wasn’t trying to change the way people act in this essay. just to try and make people realize what happens in groups and the horrible things that could conspire.
Space can be defined as the zone between people (citation: tcn). Different cultures have different zone preferences. It’s important to realize that comfort levels can vary depending on those zone preferences (citation: tcn). Space can be intimate, personal, consultative, and public (citation: tcn). First, intimate space is within touching distance. Then, personal space is the area around an individual that is considered theirs. Next, consultative space is being at a distance that is appropriate for social interaction. Finally, public space is a zone that is open to all people (citation: psych).
What is harmony? It is a sense of tranquility and peacefulness that describes the relationship of how multiple distinctive parties come to terms with each other. So simple, yet it is mind-boggling how exceedingly difficult and intricate it is to achieve. Therefore, harmony within diversity must be nurtured and cherished. How so? Perhaps some would indeed disagree with this ideology, so let’s take a brief visit to the past.
White, Fred D., and Simone J. Billings. The Well-crafted Argument: Across the Curriculum. Boston, MA: Wadsworth Cengage Learning, 2013. Print.
There are various perceptions on what constitutes personal space in different countries and cultures around the world. Personal space is the means of man’s affiliation with other people, society, and the surrounding culture. Personal space refers to the bubble, or appropriate distance, around a human being that determines how close individuals stand together during interactions without being offensive. While personal space is usually respected and instinctive during conversation, anxiety or fear can occur when this space is invaded. Furthermore, the intensity of the arousal depends on the relationship between the two conversationalists (Trolley, “Personal Space”). In essence, there is a “nurture” component that is learned through one’s environment since differences exist between cultures.
According to social cognitive theory, people and their environments mutually influence each other (Ormrod, 2011). People learn from the environment they are in, people they interact with, and behaviors they watch. People can learn by observing others and as they become older they can set their goals based on the accomplishments and the results of that learning. The video of the 4th grade, Canoga Park is about learning by observing, listening, and discussing a subject among the class-mates (4th Grade, Canoga Park, n.d.). In the video teacher is trying to teach the students about the importance of printing press. The teacher asked the students to divide in the groups of two called “pair and share” to discuss the views between two students first and then he asks the students to answer in a bigger group setting to assess whether the students learned the subject or not. The purpose of...
Silence is sentiment. It is the emotion we seek to avoid and yet still crave as if it is the air we breathe. It is both hatred and love, there is no denying that here, fondness and displeasure are somehow allowed to go hand in hand. It is the desire to escape something, or maybe enter something new. The sense of belonging while somehow being wrong, as the logical and fanciful components of your mind attempt to break through the confines you have them under. It is a building emotion, nameless and uncategorized, that has found its way into the armor around your soul. It is terrifying and contenting all at once, nothing can compare to the sheer overwhelming feeling of complete and utter silence. I know
space could be your own personal life, your vocational life or cultural interaction within the community.
This not only relates to the overall idea of the individual’s actions based on group influence but also alludes to the sub idea of the group of the classroom and how the individual does not want to be seen as lesser by giving a wrong answer. In doing this the group influences the individual to go along with the main idea of the group. In this experiment when given three lines to decide which one is more closely related to the original line it was found that the individual, that was part of the experimental group, would often pick the wrong answer to go along with the group (Baron, 2012). The influence stems from the group all choosing the wrong answer then the individual begins to believe that there is something wrong with the answer they had originally chosen due to the fact that the group overall has made a majority answer. The group itself can present tangible influence when they look to the individual to answer. That moment when the group looks toward the individual is where the influence becomes more concrete and the individual’s own beliefs begin to waiver because they believe that perhaps they are wrong and the group is correct
As educators we wish to have the students gain knowledge, through our efforts, and continue to expand their minds using the basics we have taught them. In an era when so many outside interests often cloud the minds of our impressionable youth, we often wonder how we can accomplish this task.
Throughout out this semester, I’ve had the opportunity to gain a better understanding when it comes to teaching Mathematics in the classroom. During the course of this semester, EDEL 440 has showed my classmates and myself the appropriate ways mathematics can be taught in an elementary classroom and how the students in the classroom may retrieve the information. During my years of school, mathematics has been my favorite subject. Over the years, math has challenged me on so many different levels. Having the opportunity to see the appropriate ways math should be taught in an Elementary classroom has giving me a