I would like to share some more insights with you from The Last Lecture by Randy Pausch.
“It is an accepted cliche in education that the number one goal of teachers should be to help students learn how to learn. I always saw the value in that, sure. But in my mind, a better number one goal was this: I wanted to help students learn how to judge themselves. Did they recognize their true abilities? Did they have a sense of their own flaws? Were they realistic about how others viewed them?
In the end, educators best serve students by helping them be more self-reflective. The only way any of us can improve – as Coach Graham taught me – is if we develop a real ability to asses ourselves. If we can’t accurately do that, how can we tell if we’re getting better or worse?” (page 112).
Having been in the education field for some time, I appreciated Randy’s comments. Part of my goal as an educator or facilitator is to do whatever I can to help those I work with, whether or students or companies, to help themselves Adding to that some deeper measure of self-reflection has tremendous value.
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Self-Reflection
“It is an accepted cliche in education that the number one goal of teachers should be to help students learn how to learn. I always saw the value in that, sure. But in my mind, a better number one goal was this: I wanted to help students learn how to judge themselves. Did they recognize their true abilities? Did they have a sense of their own flaws? Were they realistic about how others viewed them?
In the end, educators best serve students by helping them be more self-reflective. The only way any of us can improve – as Coach Graham taught me – is if we develop a real ability to asses ourselves. If we can’t accurately do that, how can we tell if we’re getting better or worse?” (page 112).
Having been in the education field for some time, I appreciated Randy’s comments. Part of my goal as an educator or facilitator is to do whatever I can to help those I work with, whether or students or companies, to help themselves Adding to that some deeper measure of self-reflection has tremendous value.
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