Humility is a word that has
been thrown around a lot during our time together. What does it mean to you in
the context of educational research and, more specifically how might it relate
to your field of study/discipline.
Humility to me is understanding that we don't know everything and that each person can teach us something. It is not letting our knowledge to this point, experience, or degree feed our ego and keep us from learning or make others feel lesser. In the grand scheme of things, people outside of academia probably don't care about that stuff. I want my colleagues, the participants, and others to feel like I value their opinions and views and am thoughtful in how I express mine to them.
Humility is listening and considering other ideas and knowing that we could be incorrect. It is speaking in the grey and moving away from black and white thinking about our discipline, people, ourselves, our beliefs, etc. It is understanding our small role in the grand scheme of things and not getting caught up on little things and stresses that the ego can bring to our lives and work without acknowledging these things.
In my disciple it is taking a love of learning approach. That wide-eyed in wonder approach to what people and data can teach us. It is applying a critical lens while knowing that my view of these things are just one way to view things and is neither correct or incorrect. It is acknowledging my bias and ego, checking in with myself,keeping them from interfering in my work, and acknowledging them when needed.
I think humility is important in all facets of life and also when talking about educational research. One of the things we discussed in class was that conducting educational research is a learning process.
For me, humility has been important in my educational journey. I worked in the sports industry for 10 years and pursuing my PhD has in some ways be a reset. I went from a profession where I was considered an "authority" on certain topics to a place where I knew next to nothing about research. My approach to this has been to listen and learn from everyone I can. I was taught growing up that you can learn something from everyone you come in contact with throughout your day.
No one individual researcher has arrived and knows everything about the topic they research. Humility allows you to "know what you don't know". Also, I believe it is important to be open to the idea that even past research you have conducted can be challenged. If you approach the challenges to your research with humility you will be open to learning new things and even open to the idea that the research you had been so sure of could be wrong.
I see humility in educational research as being open to being questioned and open to learning from others.
Humility in my opinion means knowing that no matter how "rigorous" the work I am doing is, I will never be able to solve every problem for every individual. Additionally humility means taking a strength based approach and not just focusing on deficits in people. Humility is knowing that the things that we do as academics and research can have wide spread implications and so we should be thoughtful, humble, and inclusive. In the counseling field specifically, humility is knowing that 1) we are in service to others and 2) those who we serve are the experts on their own experiences.
Even the experts in various fields continue to learn for growth, to me humility is knowing that learning is a continues process with no end. We don’t know everything, and therefore we should be open to learning from others. It is humility that drives our search for knowledge, the fact that we still want to know the truth about a phenomenon of interests means that we don’t know it all. If humility becomes the center for all educational purposes, then we will not learn for the sake of learning but learn to transform the society and bring changes where needs to through research. Humility applies to educational research especially for educators, in terms of how they accommodate their student’s views into their teaching practices. Humility to me is knowing that learning is two away interaction between the learner and the educator both are important for learning to occur. You can be an educator and still learn a lot from your learners.
In the field of adult education, theories of learning are concerned about the learners, adult learners bring a lot of experiences into their learning process, educators can learn a lot from these and structure their teaching based on the experiences students bring into the classroom.
I feel that humility relates to teamwork. Getting a doctorate can feel like a lot of pressure and can be isolating. It is easy to get wrapped up in research and try to do everything ourselves. However, the beauty of education is that others are wondering similar questions and have similar passions. Understanding a different perspective, collaborating, and utilizing resources/help from others is the most efficient and effective approach to progress in the field of education. Humility means having the courage to ask for help. To realize that you can't do it all...and don't have to...
To me, humility means never settling, never believing you have all the answers. It means being open-minded and being a good listener. It's about thinking outside of yourself and accepting critiques and helpful changes, and not getting offended by them. In education research, it's about always searching for more, better, fairer ways to learn and study and teach.
Humility to me is understanding that we don't know everything and that each person can teach us something. It is not letting our knowledge to this point, experience, or degree feed our ego and keep us from learning or make others feel lesser. In the grand scheme of things, people outside of academia probably don't care about that stuff. I want my colleagues, the participants, and others to feel like I value their opinions and views and am thoughtful in how I express mine to them.
ReplyDeleteHumility is listening and considering other ideas and knowing that we could be incorrect. It is speaking in the grey and moving away from black and white thinking about our discipline, people, ourselves, our beliefs, etc. It is understanding our small role in the grand scheme of things and not getting caught up on little things and stresses that the ego can bring to our lives and work without acknowledging these things.
In my disciple it is taking a love of learning approach. That wide-eyed in wonder approach to what people and data can teach us. It is applying a critical lens while knowing that my view of these things are just one way to view things and is neither correct or incorrect. It is acknowledging my bias and ego, checking in with myself,keeping them from interfering in my work, and acknowledging them when needed.
I think humility is important in all facets of life and also when talking about educational research. One of the things we discussed in class was that conducting educational research is a learning process.
ReplyDeleteFor me, humility has been important in my educational journey. I worked in the sports industry for 10 years and pursuing my PhD has in some ways be a reset. I went from a profession where I was considered an "authority" on certain topics to a place where I knew next to nothing about research. My approach to this has been to listen and learn from everyone I can. I was taught growing up that you can learn something from everyone you come in contact with throughout your day.
No one individual researcher has arrived and knows everything about the topic they research. Humility allows you to "know what you don't know". Also, I believe it is important to be open to the idea that even past research you have conducted can be challenged. If you approach the challenges to your research with humility you will be open to learning new things and even open to the idea that the research you had been so sure of could be wrong.
I see humility in educational research as being open to being questioned and open to learning from others.
Humility in my opinion means knowing that no matter how "rigorous" the work I am doing is, I will never be able to solve every problem for every individual. Additionally humility means taking a strength based approach and not just focusing on deficits in people. Humility is knowing that the things that we do as academics and research can have wide spread implications and so we should be thoughtful, humble, and inclusive. In the counseling field specifically, humility is knowing that 1) we are in service to others and 2) those who we serve are the experts on their own experiences.
ReplyDeleteEven the experts in various fields continue to learn for growth, to me humility is knowing that learning is a continues process with no end. We don’t know everything, and therefore we should be open to learning from others. It is humility that drives our search for knowledge, the fact that we still want to know the truth about a phenomenon of interests means that we don’t know it all. If humility becomes the center for all educational purposes, then we will not learn for the sake of learning but learn to transform the society and bring changes where needs to through research. Humility applies to educational research especially for educators, in terms of how they accommodate their student’s views into their teaching practices. Humility to me is knowing that learning is two away interaction between the learner and the educator both are important for learning to occur. You can be an educator and still learn a lot from your learners.
ReplyDeleteIn the field of adult education, theories of learning are concerned about the learners, adult learners bring a lot of experiences into their learning process, educators can learn a lot from these and structure their teaching based on the experiences students bring into the classroom.
I feel that humility relates to teamwork. Getting a doctorate can feel like a lot of pressure and can be isolating. It is easy to get wrapped up in research and try to do everything ourselves. However, the beauty of education is that others are wondering similar questions and have similar passions. Understanding a different perspective, collaborating, and utilizing resources/help from others is the most efficient and effective approach to progress in the field of education. Humility means having the courage to ask for help. To realize that you can't do it all...and don't have to...
ReplyDeleteTo me, humility means never settling, never believing you have all the answers. It means being open-minded and being a good listener. It's about thinking outside of yourself and accepting critiques and helpful changes, and not getting offended by them. In education research, it's about always searching for more, better, fairer ways to learn and study and teach.
ReplyDelete