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Music, audio, a place to be still
“Two men looked out of prison bars — one saw mud, the other stars.”
Frederick Langbridge
“The unexamined life is not worth living.”
Socrates
“We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act but a habit.”
Aristotle
Four Pieces to Begin With
Recommended from this room
Linda Lawrence-Wilkes and Dr Lyn Ashmore, teachers of professional development in higher education, collaborated to publish their research on Reflective Practice for learning, 'The Reflective Practitioner in Professional Education'.
The theoretical approach of reflection as a cyclical model was further developed by Graham Gibbs (1998). This model is based on a six-stage approach, leading from a description of the experience through to conclusions and considerations for future events. While most of the core principles are similar to Kolb’s, Gibbs’ model is broken down further to encourage the teacher to reflect on their own thoughts and feelings.
David Kolb proposed that if people become better at using all stages of a learning cycle, notably including reflecting on experience, they will become better life-long learners, and be more successful.
His concept is among many that advocates 'trial and error' (extending to reflection, conceptualization and experimentation) through direct personal experience
The Art of Self-Scrutiny
The act of self-reflection is a ‘spiritual act’ by taking time out to connect the ...
Credos 1
Modern Thinkers about the human condition
Treat yourself as a subject worthy of contemplation. If you think about who you are, you are on the way to ...
You can find quiet by yourself and the peace that accompanies it. It is a reason for the appeal of ‘Meditation’. ...
You are an observer, whatever else you are. If you encourage the tendency to observe there is no limit to what ...
Credos 11
Mysticism & The Unseen World
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Credos 111
What is Important to You?
Treat yourself as a subject worthy of contemplation. If you think about who you are, you are on the way to ...
You can find quiet by yourself and the peace that accompanies it. It is a reason for the appeal of ‘Meditation’. ...
You are an observer, whatever else you are. If you encourage the tendency to observe there is no limit to what ...
Credos 1V
Spiritual Matters
Treat yourself as a subject worthy of contemplation. If you think about who you are, you are on the way to ...
You can find quiet by yourself and the peace that accompanies it. It is a reason for the appeal of ‘Meditation’. ...
You are an observer, whatever else you are. If you encourage the tendency to observe there is no limit to what ...
Credos V
Poet’s Corner
A shape, six sided
Hexagon, why was it
Centred : Scaffolding
On which organic Molecules
Get built ; Chance or ...
There sat Minerva
Radiating elegance amongst
An unruly gathering enmeshed in chaos
That seemed to reign on the ...
Moonlight sonata ; Red Dragonfly
Hovering over the tranquil water
In a lake : an image etched into the mind.
A ...
Your Turn
What is important to you?
This room is not just a reading room — it is an invitation. The Institute welcomes contributions from those who have thought carefully about what they believe and why. If you have something to say, we would like to read it.