Heart - Mind - Might - Strength
These four components of the soul may serve as a guide to help parents and students design
a well-rounded learning program.
a well-rounded learning program.
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The following definitions for the Heart, Mind, Might and Strength are found in the book Teach the Children-An Agency Approach to Education by Neil Flinders.
Heart: The heart represents more than transitory emotions of feelings. The heart, in a descriptive sense, reflects the stable state of the personality, our current point of development relative to our ultimate potential. The heart represents man's nucleus. It is the character or disposition -- the governing attitude and feeling--of a person. Mind: The mind refers to man's system of attracting, organizing, and implementing knowledge or information for use by the heart. The mind is a means and not an end in the configuration of human nature. The mind is a capacity that belongs to the person. It is subject to the will of the heart. Might: Might extends beyond the heart and mind. Might includes all the resources that an individual legitimately commands or controls. Might is an extension of the person, such as one's reputation and all other forces or materials that are within a person's rightful dominion and available for use by the individual. Personal wealth, property, physical objects, talents and skills are an example of his or her might. Strength: Strength refers to the physical properties associated with an individual's body that are instruments of power in a bodily sense. Strength includes generative powers in the form of muscle, bone, and tissue, regenerative powers in the form of bodily systems such as the circulatory, respiratory, digestive, neural, and glandular, including reproductive powers - the physical capacity and power to procreate. |
Planners and Portfolios
A planner/portfolio can be used to help children select learning goals in each of these four areas. They can plan events and activities on their calendar to achieve their goal. They can also record their progress and keep a record of the things they have learned and achieved. This record will be a valuable tool when completing school and job applications in the future. Ideas for planner and portfolio organization can be found here:
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