Let’s be pedagogical activists.
In part, this reminds me of a recent post I read about relationships and pedagogical love. I feel that we need to be committed to ongoing development, adjusting to the needs of the class and context at hand.
💬 Pedagogical Activist
One person, one political party, one organisation cannot
design a dynamic learning culture; it needs to be a collective effort. A
collective review and renewal of our curriculum and assessment practises to
allow organisations/schools to design, facilitate and lead dynamic learning
opportunities for our students. Students, teachers and educational leaders need
to have more influence and be more involved in the decision-making process. As the tweets and analogies above highlight, maybe it’s time we rethink
education in Australia.
- What isn’t working in our context?
- What is working well and how do we know this?
- What can we learn from research, data and evidence?
- What can we learn from other countries and contexts?
- How could we adapt what we learn from others for our context? (not replicate)
- How can we give all stakeholders a voice in the decision making process?
- How can we promote and recognise educators as the ‘professionals’?
- Who is prepared to take a risk for our students’ education?
- What should we drop, retain or introduce?
I love the statement: