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"Travel and change of place impart new vigour to the mind." Seneca
Resources and first hand experience for Educators and Adult Life Long Learners
Resources and first hand experience for Educators and Adult Life Long Learners
I have been in education my entire life. From being a student as a child, adolescent, adult and teacher. Currently I am now an administrator and consider myself a life-long learner always appreciating every learning opportunity. 4 years of my teaching experience was spent in Lima and Cajamarca Peru, South America. Below are some pictures of my time spent in Peru.
Teaching at Davy College and volunteering at Hogar De Cristo, Cajamarca, Peru.
My experiences of teaching and living in a foreign country are invaluable and have changed my life.
I had been teaching in Toronto Catholic District School Board for 4 years and had felt I needed to expand my skills as an educator about curriculum, classroom management and advocating for students to reach their full potential. I felt there was more I could do to challenge myself and decided I would so by leaving the comfort of Toronto, the city where I was born and raised, and attended school and ventured off to Peru. I taught Primary Years Program in an IB school in Lima, Markham College, and then secondary school in an IB school in Cajamarca, Davy College.
The experience of being in a foreign country and learning about a new culture is one which challenges us to deeply reflect on the person we are and who we want to become. It also asks us to think about if we are truly living the authentic life we want or what society has asked of us? These life changing questions are what holistic learning will entail.
Below are some videos which share these same ideas and reflect on Holistic education.
Professor John (Jack) Miller giving a talk on Holistic Education, Oslo 2017.
Indigenous Holistic Beliefs can be found from the Medicine Wheel by North American Indigenous Peoples.
It encompasses our whole well-being and with this image shows are they are all interconnected and a continuum.
Australian Aboriginal Elder, Uncle Ernie Grant talking about holistic education.
In this TED Ed Talk, Rolf Winters believes there is a movement happening where we are moving from 'Old World' beliefs to 'New World' beliefs. As we are realizing our Old World beliefs are only damaging our planet, we are moving towards listening to the messages of Indigenous Peoples around the globe to positively impact our world and all of us who live here.
TED Ed Talk Amsterdam: Preparing our children for 21century
Down to Earth - a journey in search of the Seekers of the Earth
www.downtoearthfilm.com produced by Rolf Winters, as mentioned above.
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