Document Type
Blog Post
Publication Date
8-4-2016
Publication Title
Edutopia International Online Magazine
Additional Publication URL
http://www.edutopia.org/blog/teachers-students-and-heros-journey
Abstract
"The cave you fear to enter holds the treasure you seek." -- Joseph Campbell
Joseph Campbell, an American mythologist who studied myths from all over the world, created the famous Hero's Journey, a monomyth that explains how each individual goes through continuous cycles of change and transformation. Nothing could be more accurate than when we apply this monomyth to educators, students, and schools, because the teaching and learning process and emotional connection are real-life cycles of continual challenges, births of new ideas, successes, and transformations.
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Recommended Citation
Desautels, Lori, "Teachers, Students, and the Hero's Journey" (2016). Scholarship and Professional Work – Education. 91.
https://digitalcommons.butler.edu/coe_papers/91