Courageous?

We need the courage to recognize the limitations of our own thinking in such circumstances (Lombardo, 2011). New research evidence and advancements in the science of learning are reported regularly at conferences and in research journals. This contemporary research is sometimes contradictory to present-day practices and beliefs about what works in schools and classrooms.

School leaders must be open to new findings, ideas, conclusions, and recommendations that have the potential to revolutionize their thinking. This kind of courage likens to John Hattie's revolutionary research in Visible Learning (2009).

Many old assumptions about what works best in education have been disproven, thus challenging educators, policy makers, and researchers to rethink positions on certain instructional practices, and thereby enlightening all to other instructional practices that new research shows works best for students.

Source: Cathy Lassiter, Everyday Courage for School Leaders

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