As our journey together continues, Being Better and Doing better will take on a significantly higher mental intensity with the 3rd thematic focus. The focus now shifts to the mirrors category. Arguably one of the areas educators, and really people in general, have many challenges doing is looking at ourselves....
A Pathway To Being Better, Doing Better (Part 4 of 4)
We have reached the final installment of this series on the pathway to Being Better, Doing Better. The previous 3 postings covered the thematic areas of telescopes, microscopes, and mirrors. In our final installment we take a look at resources that are intended to be "brief", and ideally serve as...
Understanding Cultural Appreciation v. Cultural Appropriation
Image obtained from New York Post There is a funny story I remember hearing some years ago by the late David Foster Wallace in a commencement address like this. There are these two young fish swimming along and they happen to meet an older fish swimming the other way, who nods at...
A Pathway To Being Better, Doing Better (Part 1 of 4)
Lately I have noticed a bit of a trend that I sincerely hope becomes more of a norm in education than the many learning fads I constantly see come and go. More and more educators are looking at reading books that serve a number of professional learning interests, but these...
