education - Photos - Fearlessness Movement2024-03-29T15:54:23Zhttps://FearlessnessMovement.ning.com/photos/feed/tag/educationIgniting a Fear Praxis for Teachinghttps://FearlessnessMovement.ning.com/photos/sg-book-cover-font2024-03-04T18:26:11.000Z2024-03-04T18:26:11.000ZR.Michael Fisherhttps://FearlessnessMovement.ning.com/members/RMichaelFisher<div><img src="https://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/12395849490?profile=RESIZE_400x&width=400"></div><div><p>The life and courage of Samuel Nathan Gillian Jr., is something I could not ignore, when I first came across his work on fear in 2004. There are several other FM blogs on his work here you can search. I wanted to celebrate the book it took over 3 years to write on him, and hopefully I will write a second one as well which goes deeper into his philosophy and spirituality. </p>
<p>To order the book: <a href="https://www.peterlang.com/document/1348329">https://www.peterlang.com/document/1348329</a></p>
<p>Now, for a good interview on Ernest Becker's ideas/theory of "terror" of existence motivating everything humans do, which includes the denial of that terror (as fear defense), go to: </p>
<p><a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-denial-of-death/id1081584611?i=1000647919852">https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-denial-of-death/id1081584611?i=1000647919852</a></p>
<p>[film entitled: "All Illusions Must Be Broken", of which I am looking forward to soon seeing it]</p>
<p>I share this interview on a film on Becker's work by Jeft Sewel. & Laura Dunn (2024). Why it is particularly important here is that Samuel N. Gillian Jr. is the one educator I know who gave such long and deep study of Becker's work and applied it to his own philosophy and pedagogy (i.e., the field of education)--but, sadly, Gillian is virtually unknown, and is ignored, and his time has come--thus, I wrote this book. </p>
<p>PURCHASE of Gillian's two books can be <strong>ordered through R. Michael Fisher (r.michaelfisher52@gmail.com),</strong> each of his original books, no longer in print, are excellent studies of his philosophy and approach to fear and teaching: </p>
<p>The Beauty of Fear (2002) -$20.00 US + shipping (est. 5-7 dollars?)... </p>
<p>Terrified by Education (2005) $20.00 US </p>
<p> </p></div>Coming to Know & Befriend Death: Path of Fearlessnesshttps://FearlessnessMovement.ning.com/photos/screen-shot-2024-01-01-at-7-58-25-am2024-01-01T16:07:55.000Z2024-01-01T16:07:55.000ZR.Michael Fisherhttps://FearlessnessMovement.ning.com/members/RMichaelFisher<div><img src="https://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/12343827699?profile=RESIZE_400x&width=400"></div><div><p>Amongst the many layers and aspects of the path of fearlessness, I would say a very important existential feature is to come to see how one may be in "denial of death" (e.g., see Ernest Becker's Pulitzer Prize winning 1974 book "The Denial of Death" and how this dynamic has shaped psychology and culture and virtually everything humans do and have done--any philosophy of fearism ought to engage deeply this exploration and one of the key theorist-critic-thinkers on it--that is, Ernest Becker). For more info. on Becker see my <a href="https://fearlessnessmovement.ning.com/blog/educators-engaging-ernest-becker-s-philosophy-terror-and-its-role" target="_blank">FM blog</a> on him and his work in education (Fisher, 2020)</p>
<p> Update: Also a good film "All Illusions Must be Broken" by Laura Dunn & Jef Sewell (2024) will be released soon, and check out the interview with Jeff on a program about films and the human condition: <a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-denial-of-death/id1081584611?i=1000647919852">https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-denial-of-death/id1081584611?i=1000647919852</a></p>
<p> </p></div>Children's Psyche These Dayshttps://FearlessnessMovement.ning.com/photos/slide1-252023-12-16T20:16:25.000Z2023-12-16T20:16:25.000ZR.Michael Fisherhttps://FearlessnessMovement.ning.com/members/RMichaelFisher<div><img src="https://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/12327087099?profile=RESIZE_400x&width=400"></div><div><p>It is pretty much deep, and deeper still, that I feel a voice inside every child's psyche (soul)...</p>
<p>[I made this poster recently; and am exploring systematically the psychiatry of children and children's development and how are psychiatrists, psychologists, teachers, parents truly attending to what is going on with children, especially post-COVID-19 era] </p></div>Anonymous Yet Nothttps://FearlessnessMovement.ning.com/photos/screen-shot-2023-07-26-at-8-00-29-am2023-07-26T15:10:28.000Z2023-07-26T15:10:28.000ZR.Michael Fisherhttps://FearlessnessMovement.ning.com/members/RMichaelFisher<div><img src="https://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/12161267677?profile=RESIZE_400x&width=400"></div><div><p>This image I screen shot from a <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=flQiPH_IFcI" target="_blank">video presentation</a> by Yuval N. Harari (famous historian today), as these children listen to his talk on the "superpower" and "unstoppable" nature of Homo sapiens, as told by Harari (who just finished a children's book attempting to explain this dilemma of the strengths and downfalls of our species today). </p>
<p>This image captures a quality, as do several other images of children (some early teens) there, and the questions they are asking Harari. I don't know exactly all of what totally captivates me, haunts me, excites me, and stirs feelings and thoughts about children-and-the-future and what role do we adults have in really meeting these 'people' (the new arrivals) and truly to assist, if we can, their working through this kind of world they live in that is a world where so much powerful information and knowledge is just at their finger-tips(?) The educator in me I suppose is deeply moved by these images and the exchange of intelligence 'forces' traversing across generations. I often do not have first hand experience to see this inter-flow-ing of 'spirit' (is what I have found that I ought to call it--or soul, I'm aware I need this kind of language to describe accurately, or at least describe metaphorically, what is going on with these beings in the presence of each other). What unique time we are in. I appreciate the 'new historians' like Harari that go way beyond what traditional history is about. The questions he asks in this talk are very obvious and lead him to re-make history into what he believes is essential for the survival of this species he is a part of. </p></div>Vinoba Bhave: Mahatma Gandhi's Studenthttps://FearlessnessMovement.ning.com/photos/screen-shot-2022-12-07-at-2-25-21-pm2022-12-07T22:32:23.000Z2022-12-07T22:32:23.000ZR.Michael Fisherhttps://FearlessnessMovement.ning.com/members/RMichaelFisher<div><img src="https://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/10905414677?profile=RESIZE_400x&width=400"></div><div><p>Bhave was a remarkable social transformer in India some 60+ years ago. He has written lots about the central role of fearlessness, and here are a few excerpts from pages from one of his books, </p>
<p><em>"Swaraj and Lokniti (State and Politics")</em> - 2014 ed. Sarva Sava Sangh Prakashan. </p>
<p>On one of his comments here, he talks about when "power" gets all the attention by the elites, the State, etc. in a politics of power--and, the first loss is when replacement is accomplished and "courage and fearlessness" as gift are downplayed, ignored, deleted in such movement of a unhealthy relationship to power-searching. This is a wise critique, I'd say. </p>
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<p> </p></div>"Fearless" but what does it mean?https://FearlessnessMovement.ning.com/photos/scan-52022-05-30T00:23:51.000Z2022-05-30T00:23:51.000ZR.Michael Fisherhttps://FearlessnessMovement.ning.com/members/RMichaelFisher<div><img src="https://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/10524016074?profile=RESIZE_400x&width=400"></div><div><p>A few sample books written in Education these days... </p>
<p>I have a lot of critiques of these discourses on fear-fearless(ness)... including that they are written by authors "white" and thinbking "whiteness" (as far as I can tell)... and, although, color and race is not all of what is going on in these kinds of claims of "fearless" -- we have to ask critical questions about the philosophy of fear (and its relationship to race, class, gender, etc.)--in order to make sense of these claims and agendas in Education.... </p></div>Educational Literature 1965https://FearlessnessMovement.ning.com/photos/screen-shot-2021-10-24-at-9-17-43-pm2021-10-25T04:21:50.000Z2021-10-25T04:21:50.000ZR.Michael Fisherhttps://FearlessnessMovement.ning.com/members/RMichaelFisher<div><img src="https://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/9733967296?profile=RESIZE_400x&width=400"></div><div><p>Progressive or what? Just found this 1965 article in a top educational journal <em>The Phi Delta Kappan 46</em>(6), 257-62. McCreary puts out quite the challenge to the Educational system and society at this time in the USA (in particular)--and, what happened since? </p></div>Propaganda or Education?https://FearlessnessMovement.ning.com/photos/slide12020-06-20T12:36:22.000Z2020-06-20T12:36:22.000ZR.Michael Fisherhttps://FearlessnessMovement.ning.com/members/RMichaelFisher<div><img src="https://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/6142417493?profile=RESIZE_400x&width=400"></div><div><p>This film "End Game 2050" (by Ochoa) like so many films, that now are part of the weaponry of fear, for use as "environmentalism" and emergency "teaching purposes... I have long been a critic of this kind of work that is itself "dangerous" ... </p></div>Media and ECO Fearhttps://FearlessnessMovement.ning.com/photos/media-and-eco-fear2019-06-18T14:36:17.000Z2019-06-18T14:36:17.000ZR.Michael Fisherhttps://FearlessnessMovement.ning.com/members/RMichaelFisher<div><img src="https://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/2995607770?profile=RESIZE_400x&width=400"></div><div><p>After having criticized the CBC TV in Canada on a few occasions (which they have not responded to as yet), because of their coverage of re-traumatizing events (e.g., bullying, and climate change)... I decided to make a poster for a model I am just formulating for how to improve the way we think about doing education ("news") on media and any where else, as these are crises topics we have to learn better how to situate in a design of good (i.e., transformative) learning that is empowering and healing, and creates wisdom and compassion not just more and more survivalist fear (and coping)... </p>
<p>Feel free to share this around the world, and I'd be glad to talk about it with you. </p>
<p>r.michaelfisher52 [at] g[mail].com</p>
</div>"Culture of Fear" in Ed. bookshttps://FearlessnessMovement.ning.com/photos/cof-ed-books2019-02-23T14:41:19.000Z2019-02-23T14:41:19.000ZR.Michael Fisherhttps://FearlessnessMovement.ning.com/members/RMichaelFisher<div><img src="https://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/1186946198?profile=RESIZE_400x&width=400"></div><div><p>This is a summary of some research I did on the occurence of the concept "culture of fear" that had appeared in education books per se, from the earliest I could find was 1997 to early 2015 when I did this study... it is a good reminder of how a concept of such importance like the "culture of fear" was around a bit, then came the big crisis event 9/11, and following that, a lot more interest, then by 2012 (a decade after 9/11)... the big drop off of interest to almost the prior to 9/11 years... this is not a good sign educationally, and, it would be interested to do more research from 2015 until today 2019... to see what happened but I am guessing the trend is pretty much the same although with the 2016 election of D.T. in the USA one may find more resurgence of uses of the terms in Education books... but I sort of doubt it will be significant... again, from my view, that is not a good trending... we need so more much attention on the culture of fear and its effects and how best to teach it in Education all the way through the grades into post-secondary schools and beyond into the populist of adult education... </p>
</div>Culture of Fear & Education: What's Happening?https://FearlessnessMovement.ning.com/photos/book-cof-educ-97-20152015-08-25T18:23:28.000Z2015-08-25T18:23:28.000ZR.Michael Fisherhttps://FearlessnessMovement.ning.com/members/RMichaelFisher<div><img src="https://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/7816082?profile=RESIZE_400x&width=400"></div><div><p>If I haven't said it so clearly before, I'll say it now: Any Fearlessness Movement will only be so effective in its growth and attainment of freedom (if not enlightenment)-- if it can effectively analyze and dismantle the "culture of fear." Long story. This image, I am working with to tell my own story, and a historically more objective history of the culture of fear and its relationship to the field of Education. An article is underway for a journal here... feel free to ask questions ... if you really examine this graph, it is very disturbing in what it portends, to say the least... -M.</p>
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