This week we looked at several things. One of the things we looked at is being able to approach the problems that we face as part of the ever changing dynamics of being a teacher. Being reminded to not dwell on the past and "how it used to be" instead of dealing with the realities that we have can be best seen in the presentation "Who moved my cheese?"
Who Move My Cheese {Time To Escape The Rat Race} by ewonwhynes
This presentation really shows that in many cases, people don't do well with change, but those who are the most successful do not dwell on the past and attempt to find the next way to be successful.
The next thing that we looked at was a short video that explained that when leading, you need to think of the organization (or organism) as a whole while thinking of the solution to a problem. Even the most elegant solution is worthless if it diminishes the organizations ability to function (or organism). Below is this video embedded.
I really liked the who moved my cheese video. It reminded me that I need to not only continue to learn through professional development, I also need to implement what I learn into the classroom. There are always people that resist this change. I know that I have experienced some resistance to some of the proposed changes that I want to make. What road blocks have you run into when implementing change?
ReplyDeleteMike, what do you think of systems thinking as applied to science education? I can't quite figure if it is good to go for the whole organism approach, or if students need a deep understanding of just a few concepts to make it in the world. I am having trouble reconciling systems thinking with the scientific method.
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