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Liminal Moments for Positive Change

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Second, we would suggest that students find ways to understand the things they have no knowledge of. Once you land on a topic, area, issue, or other idea of intrigue, gather all the knowledge and information you can about that area or skillset. Who can help you gain expertise? What resources do you have to gather this new knowledge? What additional resources can you garner? How do you feel about this pursuit as you gain expertise and awareness? Who can you share this information with to be able to explore it fully through discourse?

Finally, we would want students to do something different while contemplating the next step beyond the threshold. Tackle the option to create positive change in your personal and global world in a way you would not have considered in the past. It might mean a new viewpoint, a new creation, a new pathway, a new problem to solve, or a dozen other possibilities. How can you make it meaningful and personal to you?

To ensure that students make the most of their liminal moments, we adults must provide opportunities, choices, freedom to choose the next steps, time to consider possibilities, guidance where needed, and understanding that such choices and decisions must emerge from the students. Let’s help them view the threshold from no longer into not yet as an opportunity for greatness.

Liminal Moments for Positive Change

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