This is a personal reflection on moving through a five-day “Residency crafting pedagogies of togetherness”, grounded in the embodied methodology developed by Arawana Hayashi, Ricardo Dutra, and the Social Presencing Theater faculty. I am grateful to the hosts and organisers. These reflections were possible through the accompaniment of esteemed humans—researchers, professors, NGO representatives, faculty, and …
This short reflective article is part of the Leadership Emerging Future Skills program. Our group was welcomed into an open cultural dialogue by the Finnish Embassy in Romania, held under the theme of bridging cultures: the case of Romania, Finland, and Moldova. We thank the communication team, Mrs. Carmen Tarniceru, Coordinator, and Mrs. Anni Ståhle, …
Although I am writing this piece having in the back of my mind the program with students creating “some kind” of social artifacts on local ecologies, located in Lapland, March 2025, I am also reflecting on what kind of cross-cutting competencies teachers articulate in class with social arts pedagogies. These are some principles we’ve learned …
“There is value in looking at teaching as social entrepreneurship, and at teachers as entrepreneurs. I am not claiming this is a general application of a best practice, yet here we explore “what are some positive outcomes of teaching as social entrepreneurship?” As a context, during my 7 years of teachers’ training with many different …
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In the context of an Erasmus project, students and teachers co-created a seeing and sensing journey first to Helsinki and then to Lapland, on the land of the Sami people. ELab program in Helsinki and Campfire program in Lapland invited practices of Awarness and Social Arts, for everyday learning and teaching with Sustainable Development Goals. …
May you listen to your longing to be free. May the frames of your belonging be generous enough for your dreams” John O’Donohue Tweet On Safe Space As teachers reflect on the students’ experience of “staying in their safe space” and the energy required to break down walls and communicate, an image of a cage …
article based on meeting and conversation with writer & professor race, music & cool Joel Dinerstein, I am deeply thankful to Joel for his art, scholarship and what he continues to bring uniquely for higher education as well to Jackie Hansom that thought and made it possible I would not leave USA without going to …
” So what is your local ecology?” asks Judy Meyer K12 Education/Outreach Senior Program Coordinator, Mcdonald Observatory, University of Texas. I find, the question fascinating, as I was just preparing to launch the teachers’ program “Ecology Leadership in the Classroom” in a very multicultural context with teachers from France, Portugal, Finland, and India. I was …
What is your Ecology? TheCo, as part of Jackson Tenesse, ecology is cooperation. “It cannot be about profits” (I hear Lisa, CEO mentioning in the larger context of mapping engagement with the community served, which is a continuous process and at the core of the everyday work organization. This infrastructure (physical, human, and social) makes …
“There is a distinction between beliefs as our best ability of understanding a situation or relationship, and beliefs based on hope, intuitions, and these should be backed with critical thinking..this is especially important if the beliefs that we accept or dismiss can have life-altering consequences at a planetary scale” Karen O’Brien, You matter more than …
Pedagogy of Hope – Futures Thinking in a world of “shifted baseline” Read More »
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