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Responsive Practices Learning Pathway

Learning Pathway book options

Choose Human Shaped Learning, CircleBridge, or Relational Landscaping, all by Scott Simpson and Sharla Steever; Let Your Life Speak by Parker Palmer; My Grandmo

Choose a book for your group

  • Human Shaped Learning — Scott Simpson and Sharla Steever.
  • CircleBridge — Scott Simpson and Sharla Steever.
  • Relational Landscaping: The Human Terrain of Organizations — Scott Simpson and Sharla Steever.
  • Let Your Life Speak — Parker Palmer.
  • My Grandmother’s Hands — Resmaa Menakem.
  • Other titles can be incorporated when they fit the needs, interests, and setting of a particular group. Discuss options with the pathway team.

An adaptable reading sequence

  • Begin the selected book and reflection journal after Seminar 1.
  • Complete approximately half of the book and accompanying journal reflections before Seminar 2.
  • Discuss this reading during the combined day: Seminar 2 in the morning and Seminar 3 in the afternoon.
  • Complete the book and accompanying journal reflections before the start of Seminar 4, where the full reading informs classroom implementation.
  • Chapter selections and the halfway point are adapted to the chosen title; these timing milestones apply to the group’s selected book.

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