the encouragement lounge: What do you love about learning?

Thursday, March 18, 2010

What do you love about learning?

I spend a lot of time on this blog addressing the challenges that we face... not enough time, too much stress, writing difficulties, and so on.

So, tonight, I ask the question -- what do you love about learning?

To get the conversation going, here are a few things that I love about learning:

1. Feeling challenged intellectually.

2. Working with ideas creatively.

3. Finding theory and research that expands my understanding of the topics that most engage me (relational practice, mentoring, positive psychology, etc.).

4. Receiving feedback on my writing, and then anticipating that I can become a stronger writer.

5. The energy of working one-on-one with an inspirational professor or student.

What do you love about learning? Please respond via "comments" below!

All the best,

Harriet

2 comments:

AnonymousMarch 18, 2010 at 4:23 PM
Great ideas Harriet! I like the feeling of experiencing change in myself.
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Dancing With FeyMarch 18, 2010 at 5:02 PM
1) seeing how things fit together

2) gaining a better understanding of things

3) the way it makes me feel (when it isn't driving me crazy, that is!)
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Working adult students, on my mind...

I hope this blog will be helpful to friends and others involved in a variety of endeavors. However, I created the blog with students in mind and continue to develop it with that specific group as my focus.

I believe that with the increase in evening, weekend, and low-residency programs, students are working more and more in isolation. If we were all full-time students on campus, we would have the informal support that comes with being able to go down the hall and talk with a colleague, etc. But instead, we are working late nights and weekends at home in front of the laptop.

With that in mind, I hope the encouragement lounge provides brief moments of respite and energizing connection. This does not at all replace valuable face-to-face contact. Many aspects of the academic journey can only be addressed via in-depth conversations with colleagues and teachers. And I would always rather sit down and talk with someone than to communicate online. Nonetheless, my aim is to give you one more channel for quick hits of support.