top of page

Search


‘There’s a new world somewhere!’ cried Alice or Dorothy
In which I offer a way of dipping your toe in the waters of a new way of thinking and living ... In my previous article I wrote that...

Tony McKenzie
Jan 27, 20187 min read
44 views
0 comments


The way we make sense of things – a personal view
In which I attempt to take soundings of my own pursuit of more complete understanding of life, the universe, everything, in the hope...

Tony McKenzie
Jan 5, 20188 min read
27 views
0 comments


‘Lived hermeneutics’ – a concept for personal and professional transformation and global wellbeing?
The concept of ‘lived hermeneutics’ belongs to Karl Popper’s World 3, the world of ideas, and can be viewed as a conceptual artefact – a...

Tony McKenzie
Nov 18, 201713 min read
50 views
0 comments


An educator ponders the state of the world (circa 2015)
Hello world, I’m Tony McKenzie. What I’m interested in is looking for an educational antidote to the malaise of our times. The term...

Tony McKenzie
Aug 25, 201714 min read
21 views
0 comments


Where do we stand? Soundings in learning for uncertain times
In my blog post titled Nameless I gave an account of an ‘uncertainty efflorescence metaphor’, which is offered as a ‘learning space...

Tony McKenzie
Aug 25, 20177 min read
20 views
0 comments



Tony McKenzie
Aug 1, 20175 min read
25 views
0 comments


‘In a direction opposite to the usual’ – one Wikipedia rendering of widdershins
Discombobulator of the day: he weathered all the striding years till they ran widdershins in his brain (Judith Wright, Bullocky) How...

Tony McKenzie
Jul 15, 20171 min read
18 views
0 comments


A meditation on holism
I closed my previous post with this reflection: "Wheels within wheels within wheels. Any assessment of my relationship with the world...

Tony McKenzie
Jul 2, 20175 min read
26 views
0 comments


Towards a pedagogy of holistic understanding for living meaningful lives
I believe that human understanding is quintessentially holistic in orientation and trajectory, in the sense that it always endeavours to...

Tony McKenzie
Jun 20, 20175 min read
96 views
0 comments


On divining our place in the world
I’m presently involved in a group that has the goal of fostering a more sustainable relationship between humankind and the planet, with...

Tony McKenzie
May 11, 20174 min read
38 views
0 comments


Teaching as if growth in global understanding is the ultimate human goal
This blog aims to explore the educational challenge of the twenty-first century. Today’s offering will describe one more way of joining...

Tony McKenzie
May 10, 20165 min read
50 views
0 comments


Two states of heart/mind: Teacher professional development in cultural awareness education?
According to Rowland (2000, p. 4), thoughtfulness is a vital enabling capability for effective teaching. Rowland was writing about higher...

Tony McKenzie
Apr 13, 20163 min read
16 views
0 comments
The struggle of writing
Over Easter I wrote an alternative introduction to the Orange CultureHub i witness program. Any piece of considered writing is the...

Tony McKenzie
Mar 29, 20162 min read
9 views
0 comments
The Orange CultureHub 2016 i witness program
The 2016 i witness program sponsored by Orange CultureHub Inc. will involve local school children in individual and group arts-based,...

Tony McKenzie
Mar 1, 20162 min read
8 views
0 comments
More to teaching than meets the eye
Since the publication of my doctoral thesis (McKenzie 2014), I have been asking myself how I can communicate the gist of its complex...

Tony McKenzie
Mar 1, 20162 min read
13 views
0 comments
One giant learning curve for humanity?
If, as this blog takes on a life of its own, you scan the content, I think you may find something of interest (a) if you are an educator,...

Tony McKenzie
Feb 29, 20162 min read
12 views
0 comments
bottom of page