Teaching is like sitting on a log, with the student on one end and the teacher on the other. Talking. Learning from each other. As long as you have that, you'll be okay. ~ Elliott Galloway
The Galloway School of Atlanta wanted to create a lasting tribute to founder Elliott Galloway and tapped sculptor Marty Dawe on the shoulder. It took some time for Dawe to come up with an overall concept. He studied Elliott’s life and work, watching hours of video footage and interviewing past headmasters, Galloway family members, and faculty.
“Then one day I was just taking a lunch break with my apprentices, and we started talking about ideas for the sculpture,” explained Dawe. "Let’s make it so the students can really join him. Let’s make it an outdoor classroom."
This past weekend the creation was unveiled to the community and, no doubt, will become a vital centerpiece to learning.
Several other perspectives of Galloway on learning:
I wanted to make life more meaningful for children by helping them to become competent and self-motivated individuals.
"We know that children will learn only if they want to learn. So what we do is pay attention and find that thing that gives them the desire to know.” He insisted that learning be challenging and joyful so that his students would want to seek it for the rest of their lives. He believed that learning took place through relationships, so he emphasized cooperative partnerships between students and teachers.
Care to share a meaningful lesson you had in a more informal setting with a caring teacher?
One of mine was a field trip to the River Rouge Steel plant in Detroit. We studied the steel making process before we left, and then saw the spectacle in all its immense scale, noise, smoke, and fiery sparks. Awesome!
