"Hope is clearly something humans recognize in themselves and others. It shapes how we view and understand our world and is manifested at many levels" (Andrews, 2010).
I found this quote in the editorial by Paul Andrews in the Cambridge Journal of Education Vol 40(4) as I was preparing for conversations and professional development sessions with teachers interested in working with the
Hope-Focused Service-Learning program over the next school year.
I believe that making hope visible and accessible in our interactions with others helps us to make sense of who we are and are becoming. As such, the hope-focused practices and strategies in the Nurturing Hopeful Souls resource nurture a 'pedagogy of hope' that enables individuals to come away with new understandings about themselves and each other on many levels.
I look forward to sharing with you and hearing from you what it looks, sounds, and feels like to make hope visible and accessible in our interactions throughout this next school year!!
