\u201cWhen the going gets rough, turn to inquiry and wonder\u201d, is a guideline taught by Parker Palmer as one of many guidelines that promote a \u201ccircle of trust.\u201d[1].\u00a0 Trust is an important word for most of us.\u00a0 As I reflect on myself and this journey into the Doctorate world, I recognize the layers of trust that were needed to get here, to stay here in this work and trust the outcomes I hope my research will bring about.\u00a0 I can relate to a lot of the posts already put out on this blog site, THIS IS OVERWHELMING AND DISORIENTING!\u00a0 When it comes down to it, my completing this program is based on whether or not I trust myself.<\/p>\n
Reading, note-taking and writing are my Achilles heel. I love to get lost in a story, that is the reading I am comfortable with, reading for learning\u2026I can squeeze by, but reading involving critical thinking\u2026forget it.\u00a0 My intelligence is in people and my gut\u2026I trust my intuition, but good ol\u2019 book learnin\u2019 is not my strength.\u00a0 The same goes for writing, if you ask my English Major husband, he\u2019d tell you I write like I speak, not formal. \u00a0Starting this semester looking at the book list is daunting to this non-reader, and where I\u2019m shaken is in my weakness to read critically. I must trust myself, saying it again (worth repeating…right?)<\/p>\n
Where I need improvement is on how to read and write with critical thinking skills.\u00a0 Adler and Van Doren wrote in reference to \u201cDiscovering the Author\u2019s Intentions\u201d, \u201crule 4: Find Out What the author\u2019s Problems were\u201d [2] is a great way for me to start honing these skills. What the Authors NPO is a great exercise that speaks directly into my research manifesto, which happens to be the title of this essay: \u201cWhen the going gets rough (or I could say, when the reading and writing gets rough), turn to inquiry and wonder\u201d. This will take me out of my own assumptions and points of view, and turn toward the other in a non-judgmental way.\u00a0 Dr. Paul Richard utilizes this in his book on critical thinking by giving the reader \u201cQuestions Utilizing Elements of Thought\u201d [3] as a framework for reading and thinking critically.<\/p>\n
In recognizing my own deficiencies in reading and writing and trusting myself and my authority and voice, I recognize also, that not only is critical thinking and turning to inquiry and wonder a useful way to look at the world around me, it may most importantly be a way to look and understand myself.\u00a0 Having the ability to stop the narrative (one I\u2019ve repeated many times this week) that this work is going to be too hard, and what was I thinking in attempting a doctorate, by turning the inquiry and wonder onto myself: Why am I feeling this way?\u00a0What is it specifically that is challenging me in this moment, etc. I can acknowledge them and move through them, but also transform them into a new way of being and understanding myself as a Doctorate student!\u00a0 What a successful place that could (will<\/u>) be!<\/p>\n
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[1] Palmer, Parker J. 2004. A Hidden Wholeness: The Journey Toward an Undivided Life. <\/em>( California: Jossey-Bass, 2008), 71.<\/p>\n \n [2] Adler, Mortimer J. and Van Doren, Charles. How to Read a Book<\/em>:\u00a0The Classic Guide to Intelligent Reading<\/em>. (Rev. ed. New York: Simon & Schuster 2014),\u00a092.<\/p>\n \n Richard Paul and Linda Elder,\u00a0The Miniature Guide to Critical Thinking Concepts and Tools<\/em>. (London, UK: Rowan & Littlefield, 2020), 5.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" \u201cWhen the going gets rough, turn to inquiry and wonder\u201d, is a guideline taught by Parker Palmer as one of many guidelines that promote a \u201ccircle of trust.\u201d[1].\u00a0 Trust is an important word for most of us.\u00a0 As I reflect on myself and this journey into the Doctorate world, I recognize the layers of trust […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":187,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-30145","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","cohort-dlgp02"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.georgefox.edu\/dlgp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30145","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.georgefox.edu\/dlgp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.georgefox.edu\/dlgp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.georgefox.edu\/dlgp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/187"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.georgefox.edu\/dlgp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=30145"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.georgefox.edu\/dlgp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30145\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":30146,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.georgefox.edu\/dlgp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30145\/revisions\/30146"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.georgefox.edu\/dlgp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=30145"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.georgefox.edu\/dlgp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=30145"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.georgefox.edu\/dlgp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=30145"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}