by alicjawp | Jul 29, 2022 | Collaboration, Learning Service, Mindfulness, Social Justice, Systems Thinking
This summer I had the incredible opportunity to be a course instructor for a Students Shoulder-to-Shoulder field study to Nepal, and it was one of the most enlightening experiences in my education career: first, for how I much I learned as an educator; second, for how...
by alicjawp | Aug 14, 2018 | Innovation, Uncategorized
Recently a colleague (and friend!) recommended a book by Shawn Achor called The Happiness Advantage. The premise of the book is that happy people are successful; not that success leads to happiness, as is commonly believed. Achor works with Fortune 500 companies to...
by alicjawp | Jun 8, 2018 | Capstone, Innovation, Systems Thinking, Uncategorized
David Brooks’ article, “Everyone a Changemaker” struck a chord with some of the goals I feel education should strive for. Brooks refers to Bill Drayton, a “legend in the nonprofit world” to describe the need for “changemakers”: “Drayton believes we’re in the middle of...
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