Category Archives: Transforming Education

Postings related to embodied education, transforming education, creating learning environments that help learners to blossom into the fullness of their human capacity. Education that doesn’t leave out any aspect of a human being: Head, heart, body, emotions, action, imagination, initiative, etc…….

Signs you may need a Gap Year!

Posted on November 22, 2011 by admin

Signs You May Need A Gap Year : (source:  Center for INTERIM Programs) You love learning, but can’t face having to write one more term paper. You’d like to actually speak to someone in Spanish rather than just take another … Continue reading →

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Unexpected light in Florence, Italy!

Posted on June 29, 2011 by admin

A letter from a recent LEAPYEAR graduate from her travels in Italy  - beautifully demonstrating the way that an outer journey becomes a metaphor for an interior journey.  Reminds me of a quote by Lillian Smith:  ”I soon realized no journey … Continue reading →

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We have been schooled to have no inner life – JT Gatto

Posted on June 21, 2011 by admin

Our American system of compulsory schooling was created about 150 years ago.  “Schools were established when kids were experience-rich and information poor.  The world has changed; schools haven’t.”   (James Coleman)   Our accepted educational system generally asks young people to sit … Continue reading →

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A song of endings and beginnings….

Posted on June 19, 2011 by admin

A song of appreciation written to her group by a member of the recently completed LEAPYEAR Pegasus group: A Leap I know a place where the creek runs free And I know a place where I can be me The … Continue reading →

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Thank you for the journey…

Posted on June 19, 2011 by admin

An amazing expression of gratitude sent from one member of the most recently completed LEAPYEAR – the 2010/11 Pegasus group.    It expresses the quality of bond and family that is created by many LEAPYEAR groups: To the people who … Continue reading →

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What is a Gap Year

Posted on June 18, 2011 by admin

Simply defined, a gap year is a significant period of time that provides a gap in your life.  The term is most commonly applied to time “on” taken between high school and college, or a year “off” during college – … Continue reading →

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How to set up your own Gap Year

Posted on June 18, 2011 by admin

How to set up your own Gap Year: With some work on the part of students and their parents, and with the help of the amazing resources available on the Internet, it is now within your reach to set up … Continue reading →

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Why take a Gap Year?

Posted on June 17, 2011 by admin

Why take a Gap Year? There are as many reasons to take a gap year as there are reasons for living, or for getting out of bed in the morning.   Here is a partial list: Why NOT take a … Continue reading →

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Quotes about education

Posted on August 23, 2008 by admin

A couple of provocative quotes about education: On your own, you have to face the responsibility for how you spend time. But in school you don’t. What they make you do may obviously be a waste but at least the … Continue reading →

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End of a LEAPYEAR, start of an adventure.

Posted on July 21, 2008 by admin

Recent LEAPYEAR graduate Kyle O’Brien sums up how he feels as he ends his LEAPYEAR journey. Kyle spent the fall semester traveling and studying in Guatemala, Honduras and Costa Rica, and worked underwater to protect the marine environment off the … Continue reading →

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