Alum Sarah Everett on Community at TIES
I have felt very connected to the TIES community. I am quite a spiritual person and so strongly believe that certain things happen for certain reasons. Just like I felt I moved to Squamish in order to find my new job in West Vancouver, I feel...
Alum Joan Scheide on Dialogue at TIES
Bohm (1996) pointed out, “For each will hear the other through the screen of his own thoughts, which he tends to maintain and defend, regardless of whether or not they are true or coherent” (p. 3). Alertness to this tendency set the tone for the TIES dialogue,...
Meetings with Remarkable Educators Podcast – Steven Arnold
Listen in Integrative Learning Seminars The core material and course work is presented through a series of on-line seminars where students and faculty post responses to an assigned reading (or viewing). Subsequent to the initial posting, participants comment...
Meetings with Remarkable Educators Podcast – Philip Snow Gang
Philip Snow Gang shares some of the golden threads from his lifelong journey as a teacher and philosopher. Integrative Learning Seminars The core material and course work is presented through a series of on-line seminars where students and faculty post responses to...
Peace Through Education
Every year TIES hosts an online symposium titled "Peace Through Education." Interested in participating? Sign up here, and we'll keep you posted on all future events.
Molly Smith’s Top 30 Words for Integrative Learning
2017 Graduate Molly Smith gathered her cohort's words for integrative learning: Thank you Molly! We love this list. Interconnection Awareness Application Authentic Change Enlightenment Transformation Understanding Interpersonal Conceptions Actions...
Thomas Berry and Montessori
Coming up soon: Journey to Sacred Montessori (JSM) In this seminar we will explore such questions as: In what ways does Maria Montessori’s philosophy lead to greater awareness of the role of our human species in the maintenance of our home, the Earth? Journey to...
“The Art of Spiritually Approaching The Child…”
"Spiritual attraction is the force that can save humanity. Instead of being merely bound by material interests we need to feel this attraction to each other. These spiritual forces always exist around us, just as the cosmic rays exist in the universe. They are the...
Subtle Influence
School is in session and the online dialogues are flowing here at TIES. Many of us have asked ourselves how we can be of better service to our fellow humans, that we might start a “butterfly effect” and bring a bit more healing and peace to the planet. John Briggs and...
From John Fowler, TIES Faculty
Where I live there are so many glimpses in the air, glimpses of Autumn in the changing gold and red aspen leaves and glimpses of Winter peeking down to dust the distant 14,000-foot-high peaks in the gentle whites of snow. There are glimpses of the future. National and...
From The Desk of Dr. Gang
Preparing And Questioning There is a sweet tension during the week before school begins. I have been working with children and adults as teachers-learners for 42 years and that last week of preparation has always been embedded in the tension, sometimes not so sweetly....
Education 2000: A Holistic Perspective
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