Crane Time

Authors

  • Ben Williams

Keywords:

Place Based education, transformative learning, cranes, experiential education

Abstract

This essay is a pedagogical parable. It tells a poignant story of transformative learning in community and immersed in place. Sometimes we struggle to achieve new learning and insight. It requires patience, discipline, determination. And then, somewhat miraculously, when both internal and external conditions are just right, a fog can lift that allows us to see through new eyes. Something of profound beauty emerges, which as it turns out, much to our wonderment, has in fact been there all along. This is “Crane Time.”

    ~ Paul Freedman

Author Biography

Ben Williams

Ben Williams received his EdD from Harvard Graduate School of Education. He taught for many years at Goddard College and Union Institute and University. With his wife, Libby Case, Ben taught with the Audubon Expedition Institute, converting a school bus and travelling the country and building his seemingly endless trove of hilarious and profound place-based learning adventures. Ben saw every experience as an opportunity to teach and equally an opportunity to learn. He never hesitated to give those around him his full attention.  Conversation, storytelling, music, and humor were the food for his soul, allowing him to create community and a sense of place no matter where he was. Ben Williams passed away on October 21, 2023.

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Published

2024-05-29

Issue

Vol. 4 No. 1 (2024): Unthemed

Section

Featured Articles