Jen and Tony Juggle Too




"Tony is exceptionally gifted, both as a juggler and as an educator. He sets enough structure, along with challenging goals, to empower students in their learning and to enable them to achieve goals beyond their imagination." Workshops can range from two hours to one week. The more extensive workshops can be conducted with some of our collaborators, who are leading experts in the field of learning: Victoria Marsick - Professor, Adult and Organizational Learning Columbia University. Jack Hirschowitz - Director of Residency Training, Vice Chairman for Education in Psychiatry Mount Sinai School of Medicine. Jane Broderick - Professor of Early Childhood Education, East Tennessee State University.

About

Juggling is the perfect physical metaphor for learning. It is simple to understand, yet counter-intuitive in it's execution, and fun enough to maintain interest in the challenge.

For optimal learning to occur, it is necessary to have an awareness of patterns that hinder progress and the means to change them. The method we use to teach people how to juggle encourages each individual to explore the mental and emotional patterns that impact their learning.

By facilitating specific types of group interactions, we create structures for effective communication. Participants learn how to make their individual thinking explicit and share it effectively with others. Through techniques of inquiry and reflection, participants learn to reframe their experience and begin to develop constructive habits. Through this specific, yet open ended process, we help increase understanding of how emotional and mental patterns interrupt learning. Deconstructing these patterns leads to more flexible thinking and productive behavior.

We usually integrate a performance with the workshop as a way to stimulate reactions, and help illustrate principles of collaboration.

If you’d like to read more about the underlying theory of our workshop, visit Tony’s website:
www.authenticlearning.org/more.dreary.heavy.intellectuallyobtuse.theory (page currently under construction).

If you want to have a great time, learn to juggle, and meet eligible singles in your area, just come to the workshop and hang with Jen!

Additional info can be found at www.authenticlearning.org/workshops (page currently under construction).