We have been “discussing” the means by which community can be fostered at our school. I have taken the thesis that three things are necessary for community: commitment, a common vision, and conversation. I have stated that these three all naturally lead to each other. If we are committed to forming a community, then we [...]
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It has now been years since I discovered the most exciting metaphor I currently own for what is collectively going on in “education,” “schooling,” and “learning.” I don’t now remember the day, time, or activity which brought me to the realization that the entirety of those ideas above are subsumed in the word, “conversation” [...]
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Every community must have a commonly held vision. Without such, they cannot agree on their specific individual actions because they will not have any shared idea of what should be done when they don’t know where they are going. So what constitutes a vision?
Quite plainly, it is something “seen.” Visions cannot be so broad, general, [...]
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