7. Acknowledge your teachers' anxiety and
expertise: When I'm working with a teacher who is having a hard time with
something I find easy, I always remind myself of all of the things that person
knows how to do that I don't know how to do. Teachers are not used to not
knowing, looking "dumb" or feeling out of control. I often hear teachers tell me
"I'm bad at this." Remind them how they respond when their students tell them
they are bad at something. They aren't bad at it, they just haven't learned how
to do it yet.
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Sonja Janousek on 25 Jun 10This blog is devoted to learning. We started it while working together at an international sustainability NGO. Since then Gillian has started a social enterprise called Bright Green Learning and Lizzie is setting up a Hub in Geneva; and we still warmly hold the spirit of being a Learning Team, a contemporary distributed one. In blogging about our work, we promise to be appreciative, honest and personal as we capture our learning (unofficially, of course!)
