From Master Teacher to Master Learner (Part III)In part three of From Master Teacher to Master Learner, Will Richardson gives his readers concrete ideas for how to become a more dynamic teacher. First things first, teachers need to share. They need to share their learning, with not only their students, but the world around them. “...Even though what you’re thinking right now might totally change my frame of the world or may spur me to think of an even better iteration of your idea, neither has if you keep it to yourself” (43). If you are tackling an idea, or following a passion project, share it! Transparency of learning is the best thing you can do as an educator, especially a 21st century educator. “The teacher’s powerful role is to model learning as a process of forming an idea or a problem, attempting a solution, iterating, and making and sharing the result instead of memorizing answers to age-old questions or doing projects that have been done thousands of times before” (47). Richardson’s final recommendation for teachers to become learners is to be present in the sharing of learning on the web. Because of the internet, what it means to have literacy(read and write) has changed. Here is what Mozilla has added to the list (47-49):
Overall, this book is highly recommended. It is a quick read (only 63 pages) and everything that is suggested is totally doable. I say that being extremely biased. My journey to become an educator has included these education progressions. My professors push us toward this shift of being a learner, not a master. I can see how teachers feel uncomfortable with all the changes suggested because sometimes it sounds like teachers are being obsolete. Which they actually are...or at least the old kind of teacher. Our children need Master Learners to guide their education, and I encourage you to jump off that cliff and go for it! I will be right there with you. Check out this book on Amazon!
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