PinnedJeff BloominAge of AwarenessTeaching About vs. Teaching As & More — Immersive Teaching —I am sure that almost all teaching from grade 1 through graduate school is teaching “about” something. We are taught about some events in…Jan 1, 2022Jan 1, 2022
Jeff BloomInquiry — As, Beyond, Of, With, Across , & Through — For Teachers, Learners, and InquirersIn a previous article, I discussed teaching about versus teaching as, along with other prepositional modifiers. In this article, I want to…Jan 10, 2022Jan 10, 2022
Jeff BloomWords, Meanings, Muddles, and Social UpheavalsAbout 15 to 20 years ago, I started giving my students, who were aspiring elementary school teachers, a list of “banned words” for the…Dec 20, 2021Dec 20, 2021
Jeff BloomBeneath the Schism — Towards Coming TogetherIf you don’t feel the pervasive disconnectedness and divisiveness that seems to be ubiquitous around the world, you are living as a hermit…Dec 13, 2021Dec 13, 2021
Jeff BloominAge of AwarenessParadox in Contexts of LearningDelving into paradox is like jumping into rabbit hole. The further we go down the more we find ourselves in a maze of paradox tunnels…Dec 8, 2021Dec 8, 2021
Jeff BloomWhat’s Wrong With Schools?In the United States, we love to blame someone or some “thing” for any of our social problems. In terms of education, we blame teachers —…Dec 4, 20212Dec 4, 20212
Jeff BloomLearning About Relationships and More From My Canine TeacherI have been pondering the learning of relationships, in this case, the relationships between fellow beings for at least several decades. I…Nov 29, 2021Nov 29, 2021
Jeff BloomLearning Authoritarianism — Insidious and PervasiveAn image showing a “smart phone rack” in a classroom made its rounds on social media several months ago. In this image, it asks, “Teachers…Nov 29, 2021Nov 29, 2021
Jeff BloomThe Problems With Scale and ScalabilityThe notion of scale can provide a powerful perspective to understanding. However, “scale” also can create greater confusion and deeply…Nov 28, 2021Nov 28, 2021
Jeff BloomBinaries — The Good, The Bad, and The UglyBinaries — pairings, twos of things — are a fundamental pattern of the universe. Tyler Volk [1] refers to binaries, with a term coined by…Jun 3, 2018Jun 3, 2018
