I want to (I need to) synthesize biography, theory,
methodology, pedagogy and praxis. I want to (I need to I might) write some little essays
that are formed from a series of scenes, episodes or gestures.
Favorite words!
Intention
Embodiment
Enactment
Ineffable
How are these connected? (Don’t know yet.)
Life-span development—deep development
Life-long learning—transformational learning
Adult education—educating the whole person
Experiential learning—holism, constructivism
Structure—agency
Intentionality—Change
(It has to be)
(I believe it to be)
Not (only) about becoming an…a whom or a what? (And
according to whom or what?)
…but about something deeper and bigger – about meaning and
purpose; about imagining other possible selves and other possible futures,
about curiosity and imagination.
(Why is it so difficult for so many of us to imagine our
possible future selves when those selves are old? Our future older selves have
so much to tell us…)
Traveling through the life course is about the passage of
time – we are riding the arrow of time – and about the accumulation of
experiences. We are our experiences, but experiences aren’t enough. Deep
learning emerges from the intentional reflection upon our experiences. (We can do this alone, we can do this
together. I often think better with others.)
Development and aging happen throughout the human life span;
they are inter-related, multidimensional and multi-faceted. (Everything that
has a beginning, has an ending. But what happens in between?)
The human creature is flexible and “plastic” – from a thigh
muscle to a neuron! – Cognitively, physically, emotionally and spiritually.
Humans can continue to learn develop undo hold habits of thinking and acting
but not if they believe the discourse which says they can’t the older they get.
But, to do so requires intentionality – a point of decision
whereby the individual dedicates energy toward their own self-development (in
what ever form this takes?).
The human life course is lengthening – what an opportunity!!-- we are living longer,
but it remains to be seen whether we will live better. (And there are multiple
and contradictory definitions of what constitutes “better.”) (And there is
inequality in the aging experience – we don’t all have the same long-life and
well-later-life chances.)
We need to imagine a holistic model of the human as a
life-long becomer...And create the
conditions that support as many creatures as possible to flourish as fully as
possible…
(What does it might it would it will it look like if I take
all of this really seriously?)
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