3. Learning means the excitement of an unknown destination picked from a multitude of possibilities.
Editor's Notes
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Some of these examples are even more important as the system changes yet again – sometimes we need to chose how we react to news and change, to focus on the learning rather than the politics
Start off with infinite possibilities
Signposting is of course very important – but sometimes by creating them we restrict the path, or make it too easy to follow. If we know exactly what is going to happen and the outcome?
Sometimes it’s OK to be a little naughty, to safely take some risks, to embark on pedagogic adventures, to not always know what will happen at the end of a learning sequence
To more infinite possibilities – sometimes even when people are asking what you are dong there – if you are lost?! Man asking for directions….
Of course, I’m not advocating that we don’t work in collaboration with our headteachers or that we don’t plan, just the once in a while, it’s good learning to make a few ripples. In the spirit of adventure, let’s start!
