Article Link: http://exchangepress.com/article/rethinking-our-use-of-resources-part-1--the-pedagogy-of-time/5016620/
It’s interesting to me that when directors think of resources available to them, they primarily think of money. While most things are tied to money, I find it helpful to expand our thinking about resources to include space, time, attitude, and attention. We have a good deal more control over those things than we tend to exercise. Not that issues of time and space are easy or without complications or financial implications; but, with the attitude of intentionally using our space and our time to reflect our vision and values, we might be making some better progress in our efforts to steadily improve, if not redefine quality.One of the concepts Carlina Rinaldi is best known for is “the pedagogy of listening.” As I think about what is involved in the deep listening required as a pedagogical approach, time is certainly central to the process. In fact, as she lists the meanings of listening, Carlina says, “Listening is time. When you really listen, you get into the time of dialogue and interior reflection, an interior time that is made up of the present but also past and future time and is, therefore, outside chronological time. It is a time full of silences” ...