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Here you can find books and other resources to begin or continue to deepen your understanding of descriptive processes and the ideas that ground them.
Describing I pause, and pausing attend. Describing requires that I stand back and consider. Describing requires that I not rush to judgment or conclude before I have looked. Describing makes room for something to be fully present. Describing is slow, particular work. I have to set aside familiar categories for classifying or generalizing. I have to stay with the subject of my attention. I have to give it time to speak, to show itself.
Patricia F. Carini, First paragraph, "Meditation: On Description"
© 2001 Teachers College Press, Columbia University
Carini, Patricia (2001). Meditation: on description. Starting strong: a different look at children, schools, and standards. New York: Teachers College Press.
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