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Author: Heather Scerba

Citizen World-Making and an Ecology of Listening

by Heather ScerbaConsultingPosted on November 6, 2020April 3, 2023Comments are Disabled

What does it mean to listen– to truly listen? When I think about this word, I think about what it looks like and feels like to give attention to whatever is unfolding at any given moment. As I began to reflect on this idea of listening, I was reminded of many encounters that I’ve had …

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Human Knots and Tangles

by Heather ScerbaTeaching and LearningPosted on October 23, 2019October 23, 2019No Comments

The Sitka Community’s year started in a unique position: all of the students and the teacher had a history of being together. Although this group knew each other well, I wondered: How will we make space for each of us to continue to grow and evolve our stories of who we are? How could we …

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An Oopsidental Moment

by Heather ScerbaPrimaryPosted on October 15, 2017October 13, 2017One Comment

Right now, as teachers, we are working to find ways to explore the intentions we set at the beginning of the year in a way that builds upon what this particular group of children already know and what they are interested in and curious about. This is a delicate dance that Loris Malaguzzi has referred …

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