In a world filled with clatter, chatter, and noises of all sorts, as well as advancing technologies that increasingly put up barriers of distance and time between persons, including ideologic differences that seemingly block communication before it starts, the notion of listening is laden with innuendo and meaning. In this column, the gift of listening in teaching-learning was explored, gleaning insights from the arts and experiences in teaching-learning. In discussing the importance of listening in the teaching-learning of nursing, the humanbecoming teaching-learning model provided the foundation for suggestions for teachers of nursing to consider.
