- Growing and
Learning Using Two Languages, by David Carlson (Autumn
2001, Issue #10, pp. 23-26). A parent, language teacher, and linguist
discusses his and his wife's language decision in the context of
their daughter's life.
- Loving to Learn:
Protecting a Natural Impulse in a Technocratic World, by Richard
House (Spring 2002, Issue #12, pp. 32-36). A Waldorf educator takes
a look at issues of intrinsic motivation and developmentally-appropriate
education in the context of mainstream education and the "being-qualities"
required for learning in today's society.
- Magical
Parent-Magical Child: The Optimum Learning Relationship,
by Michael Mendizza and Joseph Chilton Pearce (Autumn 2002, Issue
#14, pp. 28-32). In this article, a new model of peak performance
and optimum learning is introduced, one that is the subject of
the authors' forthcoming book, also entitled Magical
Parent — Magical Child: The Optimum Learning Relationship.
For more information on this book, see www.ttfuture.org/magical.
- Nourishing
The Inner Life In Schools, by Rachael Kessler (Spring
2002, Issue #12, pp. 27-31). Explores questions of spiritual development
in schools, its importance in the life of adolescents, and how
to make a place "for the soul" without violating the
separation of church and state, or deeply held beliefs by families.
(An online action guide entitled "Teaching
From the the Soul" suggests other resources related to
this topic.)
- Release the Body,
Release the Mind, by Martha Goff Stoner (Spring 2000, Issue
#4, pp. 21-23). A teacher of college literature and writing talks
about her experiments with meditation, body movement, and other
strategies for promoting different kinds of thoughts and opening
questions about what role the body plays in learning.
- Teenagers
and Violence, Power and Purpose, by Debra Weistar (Summer
2002, Issue #13, pp. 24-29). An outdoor educator recounts her learning
with teenagers about the need to acknowledge violence in oneself,
in order to provide opportunities for transcending it.
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