Leading Without Bias
humility. The higher your structure is to be, the deeper must be its foundation” Therefore if you wish to lead without bias you must hold yourself to a higher standard. On balance, Parmenides speaks about building upon a solid foundation as well when it comes to the subject of leading without bias. Parmenides answers the question, what is your perspective of the ability of educators to lead without bias? “You must learn all things, both the unshaken heart of persuasive truth, and the opinions of mortals in which there is no true warranty.” Brainy Quote (2017) Thus the knowing of both the truth and the opinions will create a vast opportunity for reflection. These opportunities for new knowledge in turn can be used to lead others without
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Augustine views time and transformational learning as a vast concept that requires many hours of time and reflection. St Augustine responds to the above question of time and transformational learning by suggesting that one needs to use time as an opportunity to … “gather behavioral situational elements and the discovery of cause-effect relationships” (Mezirow, 1991, p. 8) This is evident in his statement, ““The world is a great book, of which they that never stir from home read only a page.” With, this idea in mind if one only reads a page there will not be much knowledge to reflect upon. For growth and transformation to occur one must read the entire book to increase their experiences so as if to have a good base to reflect upon. Furthermore, Parmenides does feel that time will impact our ability to transform knowledge. He notes, ““We can speak and think only of what exists. And what exists is uncreated and imperishable for it is whole and unchanging and complete. It was not or nor shall be different since it is now, all at once, one and continuous” Thus, “validation of prior learning, or attending to the grounds or justification for our beliefs, is the central function of reflection. When we find reason to doubt the truth, validity, or authenticity
Of assertions made or implied about our physical environment, our social interactions, and our personal world of feelings and intentions, we must resolve these issues before we can learn” (Mezirow, 1991, p. 116)
Learning to resolve the above stated issues will move the learner toward
Augustine views time and transformational learning as a vast concept that requires many hours of time and reflection. St Augustine responds to the above question of time and transformational learning by suggesting that one needs to use time as an opportunity to … “gather behavioral situational elements and the discovery of cause-effect relationships” (Mezirow, 1991, p. 8) This is evident in his statement, ““The world is a great book, of which they that never stir from home read only a page.” With, this idea in mind if one only reads a page there will not be much knowledge to reflect upon. For growth and transformation to occur one must read the entire book to increase their experiences so as if to have a good base to reflect upon. Furthermore, Parmenides does feel that time will impact our ability to transform knowledge. He notes, ““We can speak and think only of what exists. And what exists is uncreated and imperishable for it is whole and unchanging and complete. It was not or nor shall be different since it is now, all at once, one and continuous” Thus, “validation of prior learning, or attending to the grounds or justification for our beliefs, is the central function of reflection. When we find reason to doubt the truth, validity, or authenticity
Of assertions made or implied about our physical environment, our social interactions, and our personal world of feelings and intentions, we must resolve these issues before we can learn” (Mezirow, 1991, p. 116)
Learning to resolve the above stated issues will move the learner toward