What Is The Purpose Of School?
What Is The Purpose Of School? by Terry Heick ed note: this post has been updated from previous publishing The idea of ‘work’ is present in most modern educational discussion ...
Tag: Wendell Berry
Learning Is Different Than Education
Learning Is Different Than Education by Terry Heick Ed note: This post has been updated from an early 2013 post. “…all our problems tend to gather under two questions about ...
Start Small: A Wendell Berry Commencement Address
Start Small: A Wendell Berry Commencement Address by Terry Heick Almost every challenge, when closely examined, is first a challenge of scale. If you consider our own corner of the ...
52 Of The Best Quotes About Learning
52 Of The Best Quotes About Learning by TeachThought Staff The internet loves many things. It loves cats, for example. Memes, too. It loves video, which means it loves YouTube. ...
‘The Objective’ As Read By Wendell Berry
'The Objective' As Read By Wendell Berry by Terry Heick I recently attended a screening of a documentary on Wendell Berry at the Louisville Speed Art Museum. TeachThought Professional Development ...
A New Definition For Equity In Education
A New Definition For Equity In Education by Terry Heick In a profession increasingly full of angst and positioning and corrective policy, there are few ideas as easy to get ...
In Defense Of Absolute Literacy
The Big Picture Of Reading: In Defense Of Absolute Literacy by Terry Heick Literacy, roughly put, is the ability to read and write. Implied in those two skills is the ...
Ep. 22 Education And Entrepreneurship With Dyme Startup Founder Joey Prather
Ep. 22 Education And Entrepreneurship With Dyme Startup Founder Joey Prather by Drew Perkins, Director of TeachThought Professional Development This is episode 22 of the TeachThought Podcast! Drew Perkins talks with ...
Meeting Wendell Berry
Meeting Wendell Berry by Terry Heick “Because of the penmanship.” The man I’d been chasing for ten years now had been speaking with two authors seated next to him at ...
“The Peace Of Wild Things” By Wendell Berry
"The Peace Of Wild Things" By Wendell Berry by TeachThought Staff Presented without context, a beautiful poem about suffering, anxiety about the future, and ultimately--finally--love. By our resident muse, Wendell ...
Wendell Berry And Preparing Students For “Good Work”
Wendell Berry And Preparing Students For "Good Work" by Terry Heick Ed note: this was was republished from its original publishing on Berry's birthday in 2015--thus the publishing date shown ...
‘The Want Of Peace’ By Wendell Berry
'The Want Of Peace' By Wendell Berry by Terry Heick There can't be higher recreation than contentment. This is at odds with our natural pattern to constantly seek new and ...
The New Commercial Education
The New Commercial Education by Terry Heick For a quick read and a little humor, here is some bullet-point sarcasm about the "new commercial education" from Wendell Berry (via The Joy Of Sales ...
7 Ideas For Learning Through Humility
Learning Through Humility by Terry Heick Humility is an interesting starting point for learning. There is a tempting sense of empowerment in our current "age of information" that can lead ...
