to know coshapes what one will learn. In imag-
ing valued possibilities, one is already moving
with those possibilities.- Naming the newconcerns itself with languaging.
Naming the new in the process of engaging with
others in coming to know cocreates the meaning
of the moment. - Going with content-process shiftsinvolves a syn-
thesis of ideas with action. Going with content-
process shifts while engaging with others in
coming to know involves the intentionality of
focusing on the unity of idea-action while par-
ticipating in relationship. - Abiding with paradoxinvolves recognizing the
contradictions in life.... Abiding with paradox
in the process of engaging with others in coming
to know involves honoring the tensions of con-
tradiction and living in the questions. - Giving meaninginvolves ascribing value to ideas
and lived experiences. Giving meaning in the
process of engaging with others in coming to
know involves creating one’s personal reality in
light of choosing a personal stance toward ideas
and experience. Giving meaning forms the pur-
pose of one’s life. - Inviting dialogueconsists of generating an at-
mosphere for conversation while being attentive
to offered information. Inviting dialogue in the
process of engaging with others in coming to
know involves participating in discerning dis-
course while focusing on understanding unique
patterns of evolving. Such understanding un-
covers diverse realities. - Noticing the nowmeans being present to what
was, is, and will be in human evolving. This
presence involves an attentive, being with the
other. Noticing the now in the process of engag-
ing with others in coming to know involves
living an attentive presence with others as possi-
bility becoming actuality. It involves reflecting
on how one moves moment to moment in rela-
tionship with others as transforming occurs. - Growing storyinvolves giving meaning to abstract
concepts with narrative description. Storytelling
reflects the unity and multidimensionality of
human experience. Growing story in the process
of engaging with others in coming to know im-
merses the community in meaning-making and
comprehending personal realities. Meaning-
making with storytelling unveils the wholeness
of lived experience.
People who embrace this human becoming per-
spective of teaching-learning participate in foster-
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