RADICAL LEARNERS
This blog by Jim Knight explores the concept of radical learners who:
- believe we are here on earth to learn
- use technology to learn, teach, or lead (and because it’s cool)
- know that to teach without hope is to damage, but to teach with hope can save the world
- don’t blame others but accept personal responsibility for whatever task they take on
- infect everybody with their love of learning; most important, the children they teach
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Partnership Principle 7 Reciprocity: The Radical Learner’s Approach to Reform
When one teaches, two learn.--Robert Heinlein Schools have been top-down environments since the dawn of time. Rigid organizational structures controlling students, teachers, and instructional approaches do not have a strong research base validating them. Nonetheless,...
Partnership Principle 6 Praxis: Call off the Fidelity Police
Doubt comes in at the window when inquiry is denied at the door. –Benjamin Jowett In our work with schools and coaches around the world, perhaps the most controversial Partnership Principle is praxis. Top-down accountability models are so engrained in education that...
Partnership Principle 5: Reflection
Teachers make between 800 and 1,500 decisions a day. With the constant bombardment of students’ personal and learning needs (plus unexpected early dismissals, server problems, and parent calls), teachers often feel as though they live continually in the moment,...
Partnership Principle 4 Dialogue: Turning Contact into Connection
The best way to solve problems and to fight against war is through dialogue.--Malala Yousafzai Social media. Texting. E-mail. Even snail mail and old-fashioned phone calls. Humans on the planet today have more (and faster) means to communicate with each other than any...
Partnership Principle 1 Equality: The Struggle
The history of the past is but one long struggle upward to equality. --Elizabeth Cady Stanton Most people support the notion that everyone is created equal. Walking the talk of that belief, however, is challenging. School cultures and professional cultures reinforce...
“What Is Your Philosophy of Education?”: The Partnership Principles in Action
“What is your philosophy of education?” For decades now, the question that aspiring educators can count on answering in job interviews is one that asks us about our beliefs. What do we believe about students, about teaching, about education in general? Educators often...
