20 May 28 Minutes on Play
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01 May Can You Improvise in Higher Education?
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If you’ve ever taught or been a student (that's everyone, isn't it?), “Yes, and” as Teaching-Learning Methodology is a must read. It’s written by two University of North Carolina at Greensboro professors— Omar H. Ali, Dean of Lloyd International Honors College and Nadja B. Cech, Professor of Chemistry. In the article,...
22 Apr Words to Ponder #25
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Here's a provocative take on anger from Fred Newman (who often advises us to look in the mirror). Dialogue 52. Dealing with Anger as Activity (From Psychological Investigations: A Clinician's Guide to Social Therapy) Student 1: I understand that you believe that expressing anger is a choice. I know that if I...
30 Mar Police and Teens, Connecting
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Article in The New York Times (March 30, 2017) on Lenora Fulani and Operation Conversation: Cops & Kids, a project of the All Stars Project. What happens when you bring together 10 teenagers from poor communities and 10 police officers to try to get them to talk? Read more ...
26 Mar Words to Ponder #24
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"Science, Spirituality and Social Therapy" is the theme of this quote from Fred Newman (from the book Psychological Investigations: A Clinician's Guide to Social Therapy, Edited by Lois Holzman & Rafael Mendez). I think there is a powerful and important connection between spirituality and human growth. For the bulk of this...
28 Feb Words to Ponder #23
Fred Newman was a playwright and theatre director as well as a social therapist (and philosopher, community organizer and political strategist). He loved creating conversation on therapy and theatre. Here's excerpts from a class he gave on The Therapeutics of Theatre—in 2002, and just as relevant (maybe more so) 15 years later. My...
14 Feb Words to Ponder #22
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Groups. Individuals. Decisions. Descriptions. Science. Measurement. Therapy. Fred Newman brings them all together in "Undecidable Emotions (What is Social Therapy? And How is it Revolutionary?)". Here's an excerpt from the article published in 2003 in The Journal of Constructivist Psychology (Volume 16, pp. 215-232). You can read the article in...
10 Feb 10 Positive News Stories from Patch
From Patch Adams and the Gesundheit Institute: Hello my friends! Lots of people have people have been calling me and telling me how sad, mad, or angry they feel about the political discussion lately. While we here at the Gesundheit Institute do not want to weigh into political discussions, we would like...
02 Feb Words to Ponder #21
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For the next few months I’ll be using "Words to Ponder" to share some words of Fred Newman—the public philosopher, creator of social therapy, political activist, “architect” of a new progressivism, and my friend and intellectual partner for 35 years. I hope you are moved and/or provoked by them. The...
05 Jan Palgrave Studies In Play, Performance, Learning, and Development
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I'm proud to be series editor! This series showcases research, theory and practice linking play and performance to learning and development across the life span. Bringing the concerns of play theorists and performance practitioners together with those of educational and developmental psychologists and counsellors coincides with the increasing professional and public...