The following originally appeared on EdCirucuit as part of a roundtable discussion series including the voices of various FETC presenters – Part 2 and Part 3. What does a student-centered learning environment look like? My colleague, Lynn Fuin-Hetten, and I have been exploring this very question on the Shift Your Paradigm podcast, interviewing leaders and learners […]
Archives for January 2018
Learner-centered leaders design flexible opportunities where learning is the focus [#ShiftYourParadigm]
This post is part of a series connected to the podcast Shift Your Paradigm: from school-centered to learner-centered. Lynn and I will be sharing our learning and thinking along the way and cross-posting to the Shift Your Paradigm site. In Episode 22, we learn about learner-centered education in the Fraser Public Schools. Superintendent, David Richards, […]
Interrogating our beliefs about learning
I have been at a number of workshops and conferences lately where I have been inwardly critical about the plane on which the conversation about transformation has been occurring. These conversations have more regularly focused first on teaching and technology. They rarely focus on learning first. I propose this sequence is flawed and cannot lead […]
Learner-centered leaders listen to learners as they develop agency [#ShiftYourParadigm]
This post is part of a series connected to the podcast Shift Your Paradigm: from school-centered to learner-centered. Lynn and I will be sharing our learning and thinking along the way and cross-posting to the Shift Your Paradigm site. In Episode 21, we return to Maine and a second visit with RSU 2 (Regional School […]