Reverent listening is the gathering listeners who want to listen and want to support others. Reverent listening as shown above in the quote should not be used to humiliate and dominate. Reverent listening is a good type of listening.
In high school I had a math teacher who taught in a my way or the highway style. She did not listen to anyone in the class and if you had a question about what was going on in the class you were automatically deemed an idiot and she told you that. She used people from other classes to scare people into doing everything her way. The way she learned it was the way she taught it and it was the "only way to get the right answer." She was a terrible listener and did not offer support. There was no sense of community in the classroom. The environment was cold as ice.
A "laundry list of value ethics" sounds to me like a derogatory phrase used to brush off ethnic values. I am not sure from the reading that I understand this enough to write about it. But if it is meant to ignore and not listen to people who are from a different ethnic background then I believe that it is wrong. All people deserve to be listened to and these people are just trying to learn.
At my elementary, middle and jr. high schools there were quite a few teachers who would listen to everything; all of our concerns, thoughts, and feelings. In particular Miss. Follett, she was always for anyone who needed her. She taught in the same manner. Miss. Follett always made her students feel great and everyone listened and got along, we were a community.
A toxic school culture can ruin education for students. Teachers who are responsive to student needs build a good environment for students to succeed. Toxic schools do not seem to have a sense of community. Students may feel like they are not a part of anything in the school. They feel unlistened to. I don't want to say that these school do not care but it is difficult to imagine they care enough to fix the issues.
"Teachers are leaders,and one of the most important things leaders do is provide fine examples of the practice." I would do anything to help out my students even if i have to reteach something over and over a hundred different ways. I am happy to put myself out there so that my students know I am there for them.
http://sandwalk.blogspot.com/2007/09/freedom-in-classroom-2007-intolerance.html I liked this blog because the author of the post used the article we read and put things into perspective for me. I liked how he analyzed things from the article.
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