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‘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
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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
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‘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
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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
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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
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Tony McKenzie
Aug 1, 20175 min read
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‘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 16, 20171 min read
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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 3, 20175 min read
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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 21, 20175 min read
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
Mar 1, 20162 min read
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