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#60 of 60: Do we need entrepreneurial learners? 🤔

By Randy Ziegenfuss

Welcome to the final installment in the #60DayChallenge!

Thanks to all who have actively participated by commenting and engaging in dialog and those that chose to share a reaction or just lurk in the background. I hope your thinking has been stimulated around this idea of transforming schooling into something that is focused on what it means to be human.

While this is the last formal post (for a while, at least), please feel free to continue to share resources and engage in dialog. I will certainly be here to provoke and support!

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In an earlier provocation (#53, to be exact), Evon Zundel, one of our community members shared in a comment a video from a great thinker, John Seely Brown.

In the video, Brown shares his thoughts on a variety of topics important to us including the shifting role of teachers, curiosity, making, tinkering, play  and more!

I hope you take the 12 minutes to explore and ponder his ideas on The Global One Room Schoolhouse, and engage in today’s provocations below shared by Evon. (Thanks, Evon!)

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❓ Provocations:

Have you ever had an epiphany?  How did it feel? What did you do until you finally did it? Did you feel as though you were lost before that moment of realization? How do we create contexts for every child to have epiphanies that enrich them for the rest of their days?

💎 Resource:

Evolutionary Psychologist Peter Gray on Play in Education – video

🧠 Mindsets:

Challenging assumptions

💡 Areas:

Learning

📣 Drop your thoughts in the comments, or in the Facebook group, and feel free to share resources. 🔥🔥🔥

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I've retired from public education after 34 years, most recently as Superintendent. In addition to blogging at WorkingAtTheEdge.org, I co-host two podcasts at TLTalkRadio.org and ShiftYourParadigm.org. Learn more at https://workingattheedge.org/about/.
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About Working At The Edge:

My name is Randy Ziegenfuss, and I'm a retired public school superintendent and a life-long educator with over 34 years experience developing a passion for teaching, learning, leadership and technology. <read more...>

I first came across the phrase working at the edge while learning about the work of Marzano, et al. School Leadership That Works: From Research to Results. In this work, the researchers define 21 responsibilities of the school leader, one being change agent. A change agent is defined as one who is, "...willing to challenge school practices that have been in place for a long time and promoting the value of working at the edge of one's competence."

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