How Self-Reflection Shapes Leadership By: Katie Ahmadzai A little over a year ago, my husband and I attended a lecture by an author who has written extensively about curiosity. As an educator, curiosity has always felt foundational to my “why.” I want students to wonder, discover, and create. I want to be a lifelong learner, examining and refining my pedagogy. I want to remain curious about the people I work with, so I can lead […]

By: Darren Iselin Jon Eckert mentions in his excellent and highly practical book Just Teaching that he once commenced an article with the sentence: “I teach to entertain myself”.[i] Rather than trivialising the importance of learning and instruction, such a posture, when used creatively and deliberately, has been found to significantly enhance and promote engagement and motivation in learners and build meaningful relationships between teachers and students. Catherine Price identifies the triad of elements that […]