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By: Notional Slurry » links for 2008-06-08

Notional Slurry » links for 2008-06-08 — Sun, 08 Jun 2008 06:32:11 +0000

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By: Eric

Eric — Wed, 16 Apr 2008 11:16:04 +0000

@beau: Thanks for the additional resources and the compliment!

@ everyone else: I’m pretty sure you won’t see this comment because it’s coming so late, but I realize I never said “thank you” in the comments here for the compliments, contributions, and stories. So thank you!

By: beau

beau — Wed, 16 Apr 2008 03:36:56 +0000

1) Read thee thePrincipia Discordia, if you haven’t already.

2) Consider some of Wilson’s faintly more serious work, e.g. Prometheus Rising.

3) Much of what you say seems “obvious” to me, but I was an early Montessori kid.

1), 2) and 3) notwithstanding, “Coyote Teaching” is the _bomb_ package for the concept. Excellent work to which I’ll enjoy pointing.

By: Graham Watt

Graham Watt — Wed, 21 Feb 2007 12:57:22 +0000

Interesting and thought-provoking. In British Columbia, Haida myths have the raven as the trickster and Bill Reid has carved many raven
depictions. As well, Mordecai Richler’s wonderful book Solomon Gursky Was Here uses the Raven as trickster throughout.
The coyote’s creativity can be seen in a story where cowboys chased a coyote around a clearing until the coyote, exhausted crept into a thick bush. Almost instantly it reappeared at top speed leaving the horses behind, then the same sequence was repeated. Soon the cowboy’s horses were exhausted and they left, and
eventually two coyotes emerged from the bush and left in that little half trot they have perfected.

By: Harold Jarche » Coyote Teaching

Harold Jarche » Coyote Teaching — Wed, 21 Feb 2007 00:05:03 +0000

[...] been talking about free-range learning, but another powerful metaphor is coyote teaching. Eric Hoefler writes a thought-provoking article on the creative and destructive power of coyote, the trickster: [...]

By: Chris Lehmann

Chris Lehmann — Fri, 16 Feb 2007 15:00:55 +0000

Lovely, challenging piece of writing… I think we’ll start our staff meeting today with this piece.

Thanks!

By: Moving at the Speed of Creativity » Blog Archive » Consider the way of the educational coyote

Fri, 16 Feb 2007 12:55:50 +0000

[...] and fascinating take on disruptive pedagogical approaches to learning, read Eric Hoefler’s post from yesterday, “Coyote Teaching.” My favorite paragraphs are: Tricksters are understood to be powerful creative forces, and [...]

By: Gail

Gail — Thu, 15 Feb 2007 20:21:07 +0000

One of my students this year referred to his mother as a “no-good trickster.” Turns out he’s quite the trickster himself. Your article made me appreciate my tricksters more… makes me want to let them rise up in their gaseous state instead of trying to convert them to solids and put the lid on.

By: Floyd Geasland

Floyd Geasland — Thu, 15 Feb 2007 19:40:42 +0000

Coyote sounds a lot like the Kitsune (nine tailed fox) of Orient mythology and Loki and his kindred in Norse mythology. I loved the comparisons between the trickster and education. Is there a cultural icon that would represent the “sheperd leading” style of teaching?

By: Wesley Fryer

Wesley Fryer — Thu, 15 Feb 2007 06:37:28 +0000

Great thoughts and analysis! This is deep and compelling stuff. I posted a few ideas over on my blog too. Thanks for the source citations too. I definitely need to read Ken Robinson’s book. David Warlick was discussing Richard Florida’s books last week in Austin, which also go along the same lines of creativity being essential for those who want to thrive in the 21st century. Great use of images in your post too. I think this post is an examplar in many ways, but most of all because it encourages novel thinking. Thanks.