I first heard the phrase Via Negativa from the poet David Whyte As he would describe it, Via Negativa is what we must say NO to in life to find the next step that serves our deeper unfolding.
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Francis Wardle
6/1/2022 01:53:00 pm
This really is not a totally new idea. Jerome Bruner, in his classic book, the Process of Education (1960) proposed serval approaches to concept learning. One approach is what he calls positive and negative instances. To teach a new concept - be it a complex philosophical idea, a thing (i.e., a dog), or a social idea, with this approach on one side you list what it is (i.e., a dog has four legs) and what it is not (a dog cannot fly). I think it's an ingenious approach that should be used more in education. Bruner's work should be more familiar to early childhood folks.
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3/24/2024 10:49:58 pm
The hope that came from raising a happy child has suddenly shifted and it’s as if you and your little one are just trying to get through the day.
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