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Embracing MESH
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Embracing MESH

by Terry Burton
written by Terry Burton

Isn’t one of the core purposes of education to increase civic competency? And not just to help us understand the issues, become more connected to our community and our fellow community members, but to develop deep skills like empathy and compassion? So what do we need to learn and what do our young people need to learn if we’re going to solve the challenges ahead? STEM is critical, but there’s so much more we need to know if we’re going to save this world of ours. 

So let’s embrace MESH (as any good liberal arts major would have you do). “Forget STEM, We Need MESH“‘s author Tim Wise is speaking truth when he writes

“… without an equal commitment to comprehensive civics education — an examination of subjects that touch on the relationships between people, government, the economy, and media — all the technical know-how in the world will be for naught … For this reason, I would suggest a renewed focus on MESH education, which stands for Media Literacy, Ethics, Sociology, and History. Because if these are not given equal attention, we could end up with incredibly bright and technically proficient people who lack all capacity for democratic citizenship.”

Our communities need us. And we need to know how to help. Keep learning.

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Curiosity, Creativity, and Play
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Curiosity, Creativity, and Play

by Terry Burton
written by Terry Burton

Every time we learn something new, we unlock part of ourselves. We become more of who we are. We take another step on the journey to share our gifts with the world.

Deep River creates transformative experiences in learning. From developing your strategic vision to designing meaningful, engaging, and fun learning experiences, Deep River can help you deliver learning that matters. Deep River believes that:

  • Learning empowers us to live our best lives. To make positive contributions to our communities. Learning makes us better people — more compassionate, more empathetic, more connected to ourselves, each other, and the world.
  • Learning gives us confidence and belief in ourselves. Learning helps us be curious, rather than afraid. The feeling of learning something new — an “a-ha!” moment, a “wow!” moment, a flash of connection, an understanding — is a deeply wonderful experience.
  • Learning is the ultimate 21st century skill … a lifelong adventure where the journey is the destination. Let’s explore together what it means to never stop learning.

Another way to think of it is that as we increasingly find ourselves surrounded by the new, the unfamiliar, and the unknown, we’re experiencing something not unlike early childhood. Everywhere we turn, there’s something to wonder and inquire about … as we try to come to terms with a new reality that requires us to be lifelong learners (instead of just early-life learners), we must try to maintain or rekindle the curiosity, sense of wonder, inclination to try new things, and the ability to adapt and absorb that served us so well in childhood. To do so, we must rediscover the tool that kids use so well in those early years: (it’s) quite simple: ‘You don’t learn unless you question.’

Warren Berger, A More Beautiful Question

Learn something new every day.

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