The Latest ‘Deep Callings’ Materials.
‘Deep Callings: The Will of the Heart’ is a paper that expresses an orientation towards the subtler experiences in teaching that prioritise the engagement of relatedness and our commitment to heal the self in education.
Have we not all observed the moment when a person reveals their knowing because their character has been welcomed, but do we know the people in our classrooms? ‘Stories from the Heart: Who We Are and What We Know’ is an educational project that is working with the biographies of students to understand the realities and intelligences that surround their lives.
Here is something I have written about working with students in a way that recognises our embodiment and human eye contact. It has struck me how deep and complex the life process of each student is. But there is a sense that beyond our cognition, there is something there that can bring relief and meaning to what life is demanding from them. It is subtle and often emerges as a blue note that signals it is late, and it is losing hope. So the students and I made this commitment to bring the heart into motion. Even though this may look like nothing, it feels like something can be created out of these emissions to form an individual path which is also relevant to others. This blog tries to express this idea that there is something there that loves the future: Hosting the Heart | Learning Matters