Making the Ordinary Meaningful

To make learning more meaningful...

Understand the nature of the topic or subject with 

• its stories of inquiry, purpose and human endeavour; 

• its history, future and moral and ethical dilemmas; 

• its relationship to other topics, to students and to the world; 

• its paradoxes, enigmas and anomalies.

Have a range of teaching and learning practices that 

• addresses multiple ways of thinking and knowing; 

• build on cooperative and community learning; 

• promote curiosity, inquiry and critical thinking; 

• allow diversity of expression through dialogue, journaling, storying; 

• create opportunities for personal and collective choice, action and responsibility.

Acknowledge spirituality and soul by 

• listening to the inner life through dreams, intuition and insight; 

• promoting reflection and contemplative practice; 

• valuing service and ethical practice; 

• developing a sense of purpose, place and vocation; 

• allowing for self-expression and creativity; 

• enchanting through a sense of mystery, wonder, awe and reverence;

• supporting deep questioning and transformation.

Providing learning environments 

• with rich and integrated learning experiences; 

• that are safe, caring and supportive; 

• valuing questions and discernment; 

• promoting self-expression and creativity; 

• authentic, honest in-the-moment relationships.

Recognise 

• developmental stages of thinking and knowing; 

• the full range of needs of the whole person; 

• physical, emotional, mental and spiritual journeys and growth.

Understand 

• the strengths and limitations of different world views and paradigms; 

• the role of story and metaphor.

Then, in the presence of students 

be fully present in the moment as a whole person in authentic relationship with the Cosmos.