Hello. I am Kelly, and this is my professional site. I am a teacher.
I believe that the planet and humanity are at significant turning points, and the best way for us humans to navigate and experience a better world is to improve our relationship with Mother Earth and the rest of her inhabitants, as well as improve our ability to peacefully govern our individual selves.
I call the collective education practices focused on these two things contingence education, as they take for granted humanity’s connection with and dependence upon the Earth and Awareness. I believe that today’s education best serves learners when it focuses on the human individual’s capacity to peacefully and harmoniously lead the Earthling self. My academic research and my own personal and professional experience have shown me that the human experience is markedly better when these are prioritized.
That said, our current dominant education practices have their own complex histories. What is available (and unavailable) for us to know and learn reflects deep cultural influence. Wherever an educator intentionally sets and holds the space so that a learner can develop, both are influenced by historical and current understandings of what there is to know and whose knowledge is assumed important (or existing!).
My primary work, which takes a variety of forms, helps others incorporate more contingence education practices into their everyday lives, whether in or outside of educational institutions. On this site, you will see various the ways that I’ve explored aspects of contingence education over the years, including a blog and abstracts or full-texts of articles I’ve written, and ways to contact me if you’d like more information about anything you see on this site.
Thank you for checking out my prof page. 🙂
Kelly LT
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