LEADERSHIP: Some Thoughts about Teacher Roles 

IMAGE: An image of a clenched right hand and partly open left hand with crayonist energy fields. 

Liao:    Effective teachers take on many roles. As this drawing suggests, one essential role is leadership. 

Satoru:  Many hands, many roles. Sort of makes sense. What other roles do you envision, oh Venerable Master of Bull Shit? 

Liao:    (Ignoring the sarcasm) We could count hundreds. Vision, compassion, discipline, and fearlessness are primary roles. 

Melissa: Notice how one hand has a closed fist, expressing determination. Another is pointing upwards, expressing aspiration. 

Liao:    Yeah. In ways few teachers realize simple hand gestures help us "lock" various mental states. 

Satoru:  Body language is important. We're constantly teaching through our bodies, often unconsciously. 

Tim:     Perhaps that's better. Too much knowledge pollutes. 


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from _Crassroom Voices - Poetry, Art, & Dialogs about Education_ by T Newfields
SUMMARY:  An image of a pair of hands and dialog about the role of body language
KEYWORDS:  mudras, body language, energy fields, mental states, teacher roles

Author: T Newfields [Nitta Hirou / Huáng Yuèwǔ] (b. 1955)
Begun: 2002 in Nagoya, Japan  / Finished: 2018 in Yokohama, Japan
Creative Commons License: Attribution. {{CC-BY-4.0}} Granted

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