Tag: Wendell Berry

A New Definition For Equity In Education

Terrell HeickSep 24, 2024

When discussing equity, there are so many convenient phrases but there may be a larger view that we’re missing.

In Defense Of Absolute Literacy

Terrell HeickMar 14, 2023

We must speak, and teach our children to speak, a language precise and articulate and lively enough to tell the truth about…

Wendell Berry And Preparing Students For ‘Good Work’

Terrell HeickDec 12, 2021

What is the effect of your work? Did you choose your work, or are you doing it under compulsion as the way…

How To Teach For Knowledge Through Humility

Terrell HeickApr 29, 2021

How would it change the learning process to start with a tone of humility? To clarify what can be known, and what…

“Teachers are everywhere. What is wanted is a learner.”

Terrell HeickJan 14, 2019

“There is finally the pride of thinking oneself without teachers. The teachers are everywhere. What is wanted is a learner.”

What Is The Purpose Of School?

Terrell HeickApr 27, 2018

How much of your intelligence, your affection, your skill, and your pride is employed in your work? What are its ecological and…

Learning Is Different Than Education

Terrell HeickApr 3, 2018

Learning is different than education. Learning is driven by curiosity, self-directed & supported; the other is metered, led & caused.

Start Small: A Wendell Berry Commencement Address

Terrell HeickNov 9, 2017

“What we need, obviously, is a more intelligent–which is to say, a more accurate–description of the problem.” — Wendell Berry