Psychology Tutor: Mentor (PSI) Psycho-Social Incarnation

Things You Thought You Knew About Leadership is an interesting article for students exploring the concept of leadership, hosted at the also interestingly named, Vasilestoica’s Blog. The highlights of the article are: Leaders come in different flavors. Leadership is a process of becoming. Leadership starts with you. Leadership is shared. Leadership styles depend on the situation. What [...]

A person cannot discover new oceans unless they have  courage to lose sight of the shore. ~ Andre Gide Sometimes we only want to do what we are sure (shore) about; we avoid risk because of its unpredictability~ people, life challenges, personal goals etc are not meant to be safe, sterile and known. Leap into [...]

Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful committed citizens can change the world. Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has. Margaret Mead A great leader’s courage to fulfill his vision comes from passion, not position – John Maxwell A leader leads by example, whether he intends to or not.” Anon. The beauty [...]

Check out the Thesis Reading Group wiki over at Wetpaint. The site is for all thesis writers, undergrads with their 4th year research projects and postgrads with their dissertations and theses write ups. We share our drafts with each other and then give feedback and constructive critique for each other’s work. A community of practice [...]

Yes, yes~ have not finished my first reading for this discussion of the course, BUT~ one must move on to keep up, much like the shark above to survive; there will be Critical Reflection #12 updates. Tonight, it’s all about Jawitz (2009) Academic identities and communities of practice in a professional discipline. Reflecting on the title [...]

Patricia over at Successful Teaching has posted her 2010 nominations for the Edublog Awards~ and PSI Tutor:Mentor is one of the nominees!!! Thank you Patricia. One of her nominations is the thoughtful site, Learning is Messy which is well worth checking out if you are an educator, or in training to be one. This weeks [...]

Kindness…This is a step towards one of the most transformative spiritual practices of all – the simple decision to be kind, easy-going, and forgiving to everyone, including oneself. ~ Albert, The Urban Monk Read more in Albert’s post this week, [Raw] Thoughts on Kindness How are you being kind to others? Yourself? The environment?

Anatomy and Physiology of the human body are what I am swimming in this week~  <3 Two first-class Wikis in Education to boost your knowledge, understanding and recall of all that Latin, Greek. places and processes are: The Anatowiki The Physiwiki Anatowiki embodies (pun intended) a vast collection of class notes, lecture recordings, videos,  case studies [...]

A great resource for social scientists with a focus on Family and Society; I highly recommend this blog. This week’s tasters are the 8 Secrets of Success video link, Levels of Thinking review, and a Socialization Slideshow. Do you have resources to share for Family and Society subjects? What do you think of the Family [...]

How excitement! I have been nominated for an Edublog Award this year, for Most Influential Blog. You too can nominate PSI Tutor:Mentor and other educational’student blogs that are your favs by clicking here. Check out my nominations here. The Edblog Awards are in their 7th year. They are a celebration of learning and teaching and [...]

My last semester of my Tertiary Teaching Cert is on a roll this week. Subject EDU8702 is underway, Scholarship in Higher Education: Reflection and Evaluation As this course is by distance ed. my colleagues and I spend a lot of time on the Forums. Introducing ourselves to others in the class was an opportunity to [...]

Only those who dare to fail greatly can every achieve greatly ~Robert Francis Kennedy How inspiring. Why live in fear? Sometimes as students, just like as navigators of life in general, we hold back out of fear of failure. Do you want to be one of those people who lives with regrets of “what if…?” [...]

The New Faculty Majority has posted a link to Rereading the University Classics, Part 3 as hosted by The Chronicle. The list is the third installment of a monthly series about university classics focused on higher education and academia. How excitement~ I mean it! Not just because it is focused at post grads and those [...]