One of the things I'm thinking about this morning is the fact that often, teachers are hesitant to share their best practices with one another.
That's always confused me, simply because I never really see my strategies as original to me. They are versions of things I learned from others.
Do you see that same sense of "possession" over good ideas from your peers?
And if so, why do you think that is? Why to we protect -- rather than share -- good ideas?
@plugusin I have asked this same question before. There are some possessive "prima donnas" but I've only met a handful in 30 years in education. A short video I first saw many years ago gave me some new insight into why historically teachers haven't shared with one another more. Teachers might not be so much "possessive" of their ideas as they are unaware of how good they are. This video is a good illustration, and it's why I don't hesitate to tell a teacher when I see them doing something amazing and then ask them to share more about it. https://youtu.be/xcmI5SSQLmE #education #edutooter #edtech #teaching
@chegog @plugusin Obvious to you but amazing to others!!! Perfect example. One of the reasons I love #edcamp (I think they are known maybe as #TeachMeets in UK/Europe) so much is they are practitioners sharing what they do and giving others ideas they'd never thought of before! #education #edutooter
@SandyKendell @plugusin ILP is children who are identified as possibly having SEND issues and need an Individual Learning Plan in school before formal referral to see if the issue can be addressed through targeted teaching . #Send #SpecialNeeds #autistic #DevelopmentalDelay #Undiagnosed #VulnerableChildren #Speech #LearningDisability #LanguageDelay #SpeechAndLanguage #SALT
@SandyKendell : This really resonates, Sandy. Thank you for sharing that thinking. It challenged my gut notion of why people aren't sharing - and I needed that. With gratitude, Bill.
@plugusin Glad to have shared something meaningful to me which also became meaningful to you! 😀
@SandyKendell You changed my thinking with a Toot 🐘.
@plugusin @SandyKendell Well thank you both for leading me down a TED talk wormhole and burning up 19+ minutes of my evening watching the fantastic Sir Ken Robinson in his 9-year-old presentation: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wX78iKhInsc
This man is such an innovative thinker for education (the first TED of his I saw was called "Do schools kill creativity" and is equally thought-provoking) yet none of his revolutionary reforms ever seems to have hit the light of day -- very saddening.
@SandyKendell @plugusin I had this the other day . Going through ILP’s, I shared that when I get a new class I firstly rank them by my initial perception of their ability/ development level . I then rank them by DOB . I compare the two rankings and hey presto , the ones who are perceived as the most able are usually the oldest , and the ones the least developed are the youngest . The ones to focus on are the ones in the wrong ability ranking. My colleague was amazed.