TEA CEREMONYA REFLECTIVE PRACTICE FOR DEEP LEARNING

NONWESTERN LEARNING

In  non-­‐western  culture,  collec/ve  and  indigenous  learning  are  dominant  while  ra/onalism  and  individual  learning  are  dominant  in  the  Western  learning  paradigm.  !

Four  Common  Themes  Across  Nonwestern  learning  • Interdependent  • Communal  • Holis/c  • Informal  

Merriam  &  Cafarella  (2011)  Adult  Learning

SELF-REFLECTION IS THE CORE PRACTICE IN NON-WESTERN LEARNING

Confucianism Buddhism Sundoism

Hinduism:  Yoga Sufism

SELF-REFLECTION IN MODERN LEARNING THEORY

"Reflec/on  is  an  important  human  ac/vity  in  which  people  recapture  their  experience,  think  about  it,  mull  it  over  and  evaluate  it.  It  is  this  working  with  experience  that  is  important  in  learning.”~  Boud  (1985)

TEA CEREMONY AS A REFLECTIVE PRACTICE

TEA CEREMONY SETTING

REFLECTION ON YOUR LIFE: FRAGRANCE; COLOR; TASTE

Born 20 ~ 2910 ~ 19Age: 1 ~ 9

30 ~ 3940 ~ 4950 ~ 59

80 ~ 8970 ~ 7960 ~ 69 …

Chrysanthemum

FEEL SOMETHING GOOD? !

THAT IS THE LEARNING!