NOTE: You are welcome to link to this article, but do not copy or repost it. If you would like a PDF copy to use in your class or work, please contact me. How the Hero’s Journey Aids Learning One of the most important models for learning to emerge in recent decades is schema theory. […]
NOTE: You are welcome to link to this article, but do not copy or repost it. If you would like a PDF copy to use in your class or work, please contact me. This article is from The Hero’s Journey: A Guide to Literature and Life (2007). For an updated version of the article, see […]
NOTE: You are welcome to link to this article, but do not copy or repost it. If you would like a PDF copy to use in your class or work, please contact me. The Paradox: Self-Responsibility Sets Us Free Several months ago, a former student—who is now, by the way, a neurobiologist studying motivation—recommended a […]
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NOTE: You are welcome to link to this article, but do not copy or repost it. If you would like a PDF copy to use in your class or work, please contact me. The Hero’s Journey: A Myth to Live By Adapted from the 1995 edition of The Hero’s Journey: A Guide to Literature and […]
NOTE: You are welcome to link to this article, but do not copy or repost it. If you would like a PDF copy to use in your class or work, please contact me. Growth by Evolution Rather than Acquisition Growth is not always a matter of acquisition or conquest. Sometimes it comes through the slow […]
NOTE: You are welcome to link to this article, but do not copy or repost it. If you would like a PDF copy to use in your class or work, please contact me. Insight through Illustration I began teaching the hero’s journey back in 1975. At that time, I taught it only as a heuristic […]
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The Hermeneutic Circle: The Foundation of the Hero's Journey
NOTE: You are welcome to link to this article, but do not copy or repost it. If you would like a PDF copy to use in your class or work, please contact me. Exploring our Experience of Being Hermeneutics in a Historical Context Hermeneutics is a complicated philosophy, but―over-simplified―it is “the art of interpretation.” Hermeneutics […]