Sharing: 3 Things I Wish Educators Knew About their Own Learning {via @langwitches}

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3 Things I Wish Educators Knew About their Own Learning | Silvia Tolisano- Langwitches Blog

I meet many educators around the world, virtually and in person… Many times, I am still amazed at the resistance to new ideas, change and willingness to apply the learning they expect of students to their own learning.

Here are the 3 things, above all, that I wish educators knew about their own learning.

Item 1 is huge! Being cognizant of what we don’t know is a key to being open-minded. Too many times I’ve been leading professional development and right at the start a teacher has already shut down because they don’t believe that there is anything more that they can learn.

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