You’ve probably heard something to the effect that “learning how to learn” is a critical skill everyone needs as we move deeper into this century of exponential change. If learners, young and old, know themselves and how to learn, they will be able to innovate, overcome challenges, and move themselves and society toward a future […]
Archives for July 2018
Five questions for learner-centered education
It’s been a few weeks of immersion in thinking and conversation around learner-centered education and the corresponding paradigm shift having recently attended Pioneer Lab Training and Big Picture Learning’s Big Bang Conference. Here are some of the questions that have surfaced for me: We talk about telling our stories, but how are we engaging learners […]
Learner-centered leaders help others uncover who they are as learners [#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 35, we return to Cajon Valley Union School District to hear more about the […]
Learner-centered leaders approach barriers to transformation through a design process [#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 34, we spoke with leaders from Norris Academy in Wisconsin. Norris is a small public […]
On detecting bullshit…
These words from a Farnum Street interview with Robert Greene resonated with me. FS: One of the things you said was, talking to people who think that they know something, I mean, one of the problems that I see that traverses personal, professional lives is separating the people who know what they’re talking about from […]