{"id":4287,"date":"2020-10-20T14:23:00","date_gmt":"2020-10-20T21:23:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/development.plato-philosophy.org\/listening\/"},"modified":"2020-10-20T14:23:00","modified_gmt":"2020-10-20T21:23:00","slug":"listening","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/plato-philosophy.org\/listening\/","title":{"rendered":"Listening"},"content":{"rendered":"<\/p>\n<div style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.philosophyforchildren.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/17A5EDE0-D5B3-42C8-85DF-7AA010CAB949.jpeg\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"><img decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" data-original-height=\"500\" data-original-width=\"498\" height=\"320\" src=\"https:\/\/www.philosophyforchildren.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/17A5EDE0-D5B3-42C8-85DF-7AA010CAB949-300x300.jpeg\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: inherit;\">Since my previous post about the role of the facilitator in philosophy sessions, I have been thinking more about listening and specifically the roles of listening and of silence in discussions. This is the subject of the last chapter of my new book, which will be out this spring.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: inherit;\"><span>Almost by definition, listening requires attentiveness to silence. Appreciation of the silent intervals within a conversation allows the exchange to unfold more deliberately and makes more space for all voices to emerge.&nbsp;<\/span><span style=\"background-color: #fefefe; text-indent: 0.5in;\">Especially for those&nbsp;<\/span><span style=\"border: none; text-indent: 0.5in;\">of us who are comfortable speaking and quick to do so, receptivity requires that we refrain from always rushing in to fill the conversational pauses. A listening culture encourages us to be attentive to when to voice our ideas and when to make space for so<span style=\"border: none;\">meone else to speak.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: inherit; text-indent: 0.5in;\"><span color=\"windowtext\">Cori Doerrfeld\u2019s beautiful picture book<\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: inherit; text-indent: 0.5in;\">&nbsp;<\/span><i style=\"font-family: inherit; text-indent: 0.5in;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/073522935X\/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=9325&amp;creativeASIN=073522935X&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;tag=wondephilo-20&amp;linkId=05b8a2086085e50109ec6685faad0b70\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Rabbit Listened<\/a>&nbsp;<\/i><span style=\"font-family: inherit; text-indent: 0.5in;\"><span color=\"windowtext\">evokes the power of a listening presence. (There is also a lovely&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=PzyThHYtcyE\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">video read-aloud<\/a> put out by Dorchester County Library in South Carolina.) In the story, Taylor, a young child, is very proud after building a complex structure with blocks, until it comes crashing down. The animals around Taylor notice and each tries to help by immediately offering advice, suggesting that Taylor talk or shout about it, fix it or throw it away, laugh about it, or pretend nothing happened. Taylor doesn\u2019t respond to any of these suggestions, and eventually is left alone.&nbsp;<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span color=\"rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.847)\" style=\"text-indent: 0.5in;\"><span style=\"font-family: inherit;\">A rabbit quietly approaches. The two sit together in silence until Taylor asks the rabbit to stay, and then the rabbit just listens as Taylor talks, shouts, laughs, and thinks through what to do next. Taylor ends up deciding to rebuild the structure. The rabbit is still and receptive, physically close to Taylor, listening without interruption or judgment. This is all Taylor needs to find the motivation to start over again.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span color=\"rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.847)\" style=\"text-indent: 0.5in;\"><span style=\"font-family: inherit;\">The story makes me think about the way that the kind of receptive attention the rabbit embodies can encourage children, and all of us, to express our what we are thinking. Genuine listening lets speakers know that they are being heard, that what they have to say is valuable to someone else. 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