As I reflected on my previous post about traditional
schooling I realized that there is such a contradiction between how God has
designed us to be able to learn and comprehend things in such a variety of ways
and the way this industrial style of educating only draws on one single form of
intelligence.
The more I explore alternative ways of schooling, the more
parallels I’ve encountered between the best learning environment and the way
God has designed us to live. Let me explain…
One of the most proven ways to learn something is to
experience it in a variety of ways, through different senses or intelligences.
It was fitting that the devotional from Jesus Calling that I read this
morning said this, “I (God) speak to you continually: through sights, sounds,
thoughts, impressions, scriptures. There is no limit to the variety of ways I
can communicate with you.” Amazingly I still manage to misinterpret or miss
completely what He is trying to communicate to me. So, imagine how difficult it
is for some students to understand concepts that they only experience in one
way, offered to them using one sense, one form of intelligence. I wonder if God
is disappointed when he has blessed us with such an intricate, unique human
body, and we put constraints on what it can do. Do you know that we have over a
dozen senses? Often we only give our body credit for five. Pretty incredible to
think about!
Just observe the numerous ways we could appreciate a setting
like the one pictured to the right.
Over time I think the industrial teaching strategies can
numb the awareness we have of our surroundings.
Scary to think of an educational system that could actually
diminish the range of our abilities.
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