Pedagogical possibilities

If the key to seeing what a kid can truly do is to get involved with what they’re doing through participation and observation, then we’re in a world of exciting pedagogical possibilities.

And those possibilities lie in pedagogies that foster kids doing meaningful stuff, where they show and grow their best selves, in pedagogies that enable encounters: with others, with ideas, with themselves.

These kinds of pedagogical approaches are anchored in relationships.

Play, inquiry, maker … these are not nice tack-ons when we’ve got time. They are essential because they help us get close to the truth about each kid.

Imagine the possibilities if this was the point of school.