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Harvard EdCast: Transformational Leadership

By Matt Weber

11/17/2011 8:00 AM
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Professor Richard Elmore provides insight into the people and programs attempting to strengthen the quality of leadership in the education sector.

 

 

About the Harvard EdCast

The Harvard EdCast is a weekly series of podcasts, available on the Harvard University iTunes U page, that features a 15-20 minute conversation with thought leaders in the field of education from across the country and around the world. Hosted by Matt Weber, the Harvard EdCast is a space for educational discourse and openness, focusing on the myriad issues and current events related to the field.

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Yes!!! We have over invested in high stakes testing and not enough in our people, in their knowledge and skills. Who will be bold enough to truly be a transformational leader?

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Loved this video for its honesty. Constance Steinkuhler cuts to the chase and stops me from making similar missteps. Gaming engages, but it's not about knowing tons about the games. It's not about being gaming experts. It's about knowing how to bridge gaming to learning. Knowing how to adapt their idenitities as gamers and what it means to their identities at school, at home, at work. It's about knowing and understanding our students' cultural wealth. What are their funds of knowlege? They are highly engaged in gaming. Why? What do games make them want to learn? Find out. Use students as a resource to integrate meaningful ideas into curriculum.

It's scary to walk into a classroom without a whole lot of structure, but isn't this how we approach life? We find something we like. We ask questions. We seek answers. We challenge ourselves to make sense of it in our worlds. We can learn more from our students than we think. We just have to be brave enough to do it.

 

Online Games and Interest-Driven Learning are Transformative for Today's Young Learners from DML Research Hub on Vimeo.

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