Nate
@jessenathaniel.bsky.social
Black. Special Education administrator. Holding fast to the belief that education and restorative justice can meet the political moment. Committed to racial justice inside & outside of school.
This is so real. If nothing else, diversity provides natural challenges to our own perspectives that just expands the range of our social imagination and possibilities for what we can be. We should WANT that to create a better society.
January 25, 2026 at 4:09 AM
This is so real. If nothing else, diversity provides natural challenges to our own perspectives that just expands the range of our social imagination and possibilities for what we can be. We should WANT that to create a better society.
In that theory, trauma is seen as a shattering of one’s assumptive world…but “learning” in all it’s forms (cognitive, social, emotional, etc) could be seen as its *expansion*.
The more we understand *that* dynamic —and the value of emotional safety— the easier it is to support dialogue.
The more we understand *that* dynamic —and the value of emotional safety— the easier it is to support dialogue.
January 24, 2026 at 10:45 PM
In that theory, trauma is seen as a shattering of one’s assumptive world…but “learning” in all it’s forms (cognitive, social, emotional, etc) could be seen as its *expansion*.
The more we understand *that* dynamic —and the value of emotional safety— the easier it is to support dialogue.
The more we understand *that* dynamic —and the value of emotional safety— the easier it is to support dialogue.
I sometimes wonder if “assumptive world theory” has untapped value in thinking about classroom learning — the theory comes out of psychology/trauma research, but there’s value in understanding that students bring a whole framework for making sense of the world.
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January 24, 2026 at 10:41 PM
I sometimes wonder if “assumptive world theory” has untapped value in thinking about classroom learning — the theory comes out of psychology/trauma research, but there’s value in understanding that students bring a whole framework for making sense of the world.
I really believe it’s our job as educators to accept those internal worlds as a starting point not just to extract “background knowledge” — which can easily become a commodification process in spaces already leaning toward the transactional — but to actually embrace collaborative sense-making.
January 24, 2026 at 10:26 PM
I really believe it’s our job as educators to accept those internal worlds as a starting point not just to extract “background knowledge” — which can easily become a commodification process in spaces already leaning toward the transactional — but to actually embrace collaborative sense-making.