Wednesday, January 25, 2012

It's Never Going To Be One Size Fits All!

There isn't one solution, one way, one answer.  When it comes to education, multiple paths will always be the best answer.  Paths will differ depending on students' environment, community, interests and challenge. The process is key:
  • Understand the paths available. Imagine and create new paths.
  • Choose best paths in response to a child's needs and priorities.
  • Employ paths with strength, skill and care.
  • Assess and revise direction regularly for best effect.  
Whether it's a digital text book, field study, literature, small group instruction, online practice or any other path utilized to educate, it matters most that the path is a responsive, child-centered, forward moving, engaging, compassionate path of learning.  Good teachers are ready and able to guide that journey.