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To know or not to know...

“You cannot put this into words. You just have to know how it is.“

“And so, lord, what you are reading there is only the dirt they left behind them.“

"The Way of Chuang-Tzŭ" by Thomas Merton

These were the opening lines of the expert teacher trainer and author Jim Scrivener when he gave his speech at Bell Teacher Campus in July 2015. He encouraged teachers to relish the incomprehensible and learn from it. They should prefer the unknown paths to those safe and secure.

A long time ago, Scrivener said, wise men used to teach their students “not to know". For they believed that it was impossible to teach those who thought they already knew. What a brilliant idea!

It's only natural that we've developed our professional skills and therefore positively influenced our students. We've encouraged them to admit that they don't know, but want to learn. We've developed our digital skills. We've learned a lot about intercultural communication. However, how to help our students make sense of the increasingly complicated world still remains a big question.