Nov 152010
 
Practice: PD in context

Practice, then, both shapes and supports learning. We wouldn’t need to labor this point so heavily were it not that unenlightened teaching and training often pulls in the opposite direction. -Brown & Duguid, 2000, p. 129 Far too much teacher professional development happens in a way that is isolated from the very practice of teaching. […]

Nov 122010
 
This Time Thing

So here’s the thing: I’ve been meaning to write for a long time.* Since my last post (egads– scary how long it’s been), I have written 6 drafts. Yes, 6. The most recent of those I did in May of this year, and it’s a doozy (stay tuned — it involves some post-reflection reflection — […]

 12 November, 2010  Posted by at 11:58 pm On the Personal Side, Writing Tagged with: , , , , , , ,  8 Responses »