SPIRITUAL FORMATION ALONG THE FOCAL/SUBSIDIARY-CONCEPTUAL/BODILY CONTINUA

Reading Notes on Learning to Learn: Toward a Philosophy of Education, by Jerry H. Gill

Ecclesial Connections

• Explicit knowing of intentional relatedness--theology
• Tacit knowing of inherent relatedness--mood
• Intuitive knowing of inherent unity--Spirit
• Sensory knowing of intentional unity--gathering
  

Functioning Persons

• Explicit knowing of intentional towardness--love
• Tacit knowing of inherent towardness--desire
• Intuitive knowing of inherent grace-gifting--Spirit
• Sensory knowing of intentional grace-gifting--ministry
  

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NOTE: I have added intuitive and sensory to Gill's model.

Gill's identifications:

• focal awareness + conceptual activity = explicit knowing
• subsidiary awareness + bodily activity = tacit knowing

My identifications:

• focal awareness + bodily activity = sensory knowing
• subsidiary awareness + conceptual activity = intuitive knowing
  

See the wikipedia entry, Tacit Knowledge, for more.

Tag(s): philosophy of education epistemology learning theory spiritual formation