The Pedagogy of the Nonmystical
is a failure to teach the whole student. The teacher
who practices this pedagogy is not there for the
heart, mind, and spirit as inseparable entities,
but for the some other reason. These teachers do
not see the value in teaching to the divine in every
child(divine being God, Truth, Justice, a Higher
Calling). These teachers teach to the mind and the
body but fail to elicit learning because they fail
to reach deep inside each student where the divine
is stored and waiting for discovery. These teachers
have uninspiring teaching styles, demonstrate the
emotion of a brick, and have little clue about the
higher purpose in the human drama. These teachers
often wind up as the principal where they can create
whole schools of like-minded teachers lost in a
jungle of blandness, representing the very best
of "average," and accomplishing little
in both teaching or in life.
The Pedagogy of the Mystical
The Pedagogy of the Mystical is the opposite of
the Pedagogy of the Nonmystical. While many will
consider this a subversive idea in a nation committed
to a separation of Church and State, the Pedagogy
of the Mystical is not a Church/State issue. The
Pedagogy of the Mystical recognizes the mystic inside
every human being and teaches to this mystic with
all of the vigor, enthusiasm, passion, excitement,
adventure, fun, and warmth that they can muster.
These teachers realize that for student passion
and learning to ignite, the mystic in each student
must be ignited, setting the flame of learning ablaze
in a dramatic manner in which the fire can never
be extinguished. These teachers use dramatic poetry,
great literature, great films, World Wide Web pages,
great music, dramatic plays, and songs and musical
arrangements which move the heart, mind, and spirit
of each student. The Pedagogy of the Mystical is
the first step on the individual students rise to
the realm of the highest order and thinking. It
is the pedagogy of a humanity moving toward greatness.
Inside every teacher is a mystic striving to get
out. Inside every child is a mystic needing to be
free.
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