Caring as the Core of Curriculum Excellence

08/04/2017

Caring as the Core of Curriculum Excellence

With love and patience, nothing is impossible.
Daisaku Ikeda, Japanese philosopher

"When I got my degree, I did not foresee the amount of time I would spend in caring rituals," writes Carol Garboden Murray in the latest edition of Exchange magazine (July/August 2017).

"It took me many years to see caring as the core of curriculum excellence. The deep assumption about caring is that it is something anyone can do, but we do not take care of human beings the same way we take care of a house or a lawn. In childhood, the sensations of the body are the pathways to the child’s intellect and emotions. Caring routines involve engagement around bodily functions (elimination, cleaning, eating, sleeping) and therefore they hold the most intimate importance. The way we touch children increases or diminishes their self-worth. Our care of children’s bodies is directly connected to the care of their minds."

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