Tag: values
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Fostering Mind-stretch to enable a Growth Mindset
Photo by Calder B on Unsplash Our mindsets – they guide us, shape our actions and inform our perspectives. They ‘set’ our way of thinking, being, engaging, and doing. They are powerful and dominating. So, how could we encourage less ‘set’ and more ‘stretch’, in ourselves, and in our learners? Actually, do we need to?…
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“Oh, you know what I mean….”
Photo by Colin Maynard on Unsplash Language exerts hidden power, like the moon on the tides. Rita Mae Brown Why language choice really matters and what it means for us in our communities. Take a look at the collection of images above. What impressions do these conjure up for you? What emotions or senses are…
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Cultivating ‘calm’.
The Impact on Learning ‘Calm is a Superpower’ this has somewhat become my mantra over time, and naturally during the pandemic years became even more of something to lean into. It has led me to think more deeply about how we find calm amidst storms. How we both instil, and nurture, calm in learning spaces,…
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An Open-Minded Attitude
Attitude is something I have been thinking about a lot recently. The power that it holds. The influence that it can wield. The impacts it has. This last year has been tough on everyone. It has demanded attention, in many respects, most of all towards our attitude; to examining our beliefs and values and our…
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small words – Big Changes
After a long hiatus from blogging I am ready to jump back into this space to reflect on professional learning and I am excited to be inspired from the benefits of doing so! Just recently I was pondering over the fact that I have probably read and edited thousands of pieces of work by students,…
Jenny O'Fee 