I am Gopal Krishnamurthy, a faculty member at Antioch University and founding director of the Transformative Education program. I’m also the educator for the seminar on Freedom and Responsibility. It is intended for those who wish to see systemic and individual educational change. That includes teachers, university faculty, other educational leaders, and administrators. It centers on the dynamic process of learning, taking into account the individuals involved, our intentions, and the specific contexts for learning. Basically, people, all of us, who are willing to learn and also unlearn deeply held beliefs and habits of acting in the world. So this course is especially relevant and timely in the context of regimes of conformity, compliance, and oppression, and really an assault on educational freedoms. The course explores freedom and responsibility with regard to education, minds, cultures, and environments. An exclusively individualistic focus that ignores our actions in or with the world can sustain self-centeredness, and a solely collectivistic focus that disregards our inner workings can perpetuate incoherent motivations, assumptions, and consequences.
Therefore, this course attends to and interrogates both the outer world and the world within. We will engage in experiential activities, shared inquiry, research in action, and contemplative dialogue. It is intentional and likely that the course leaves us with enduring questions rather than answers. We consider what it means to challenge who we are, what we are with each other, and how we live in and affect the world.
Ready to explore the crucial balance between freedom and responsibility? Register now for this transformative seminar and take the next step in your professional and personal growth. Don’t miss out on this opportunity to engage with like-minded individuals and deepen your understanding of these vital issues.
Join us for the next session: register here to take the course as a visiting student!
Seminar on Freedom and Responsibility Course Dates:
Online from September 6 – December 7, 2024
Zoom meetings on Saturdays: 1:00 pm -3:00 pm ET/ 10:00 am -12:00 Noon PT
Sept 14, 21, 28
Oct. 5,12, 26
Nov. 2, 9, 16, 23
