Flow is that magical moment when you’re completely immersed in an activity. Where you’re so engaged that all worries, sense of time, and sense of self just fade away. It’s a state of hyper focus. It’s being “in the zone.” Flow was first coined by psychologist Mihaly Csikszentmilhalyi, and a highly desired outcome by teachers around the world. It’s an educational concept with goals to deepen learning and promote long term interest in students.
For example, I experience flow when I play ukulele. I picked it up as a hobby during quarantine. When I play ukulele, I’ll play until my fingers roughen up and bleed. I’ll sit, open up some tabs or watch a youtube tutorial, and lose 6 hours of my day. This in no way means that I’m good at it. When I zone out and regain my self-consciousness I feel bad for people that live within earshot of me. But it does mean that I love it. And my love for it means that I’m improving fast.
As educators, how can we integrate flow into our classrooms?
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Jenn Leah Ko 