Reflection on Collaboration

The professional development approaches of the next decade will not be workshops; they must be workgroups with teachers working together in and across schools and systems cooperatively to improve teaching and learning, and build schools into collaborative... More

The professional development approaches of the next decade will not be workshops; they must be workgroups with teachers working together in and across schools and systems cooperatively to improve teaching and learning, and build schools into collaborative learning communities. They will be based on providing opportunities for teachers to make informed choices based on their own welldeveloped principle-centered approach to teaching and learning. They will not be mandated, disconnected, short term or piecemeal. We need to give the responsibility for learning to the adult student. Learning is a continuous, self-directed process constructed through experience (action) and reflection (thinking about our actions and behavior and values). We as future educators must embrace the collaborative concept of instruction and challenge our adult learners to do the same. Always look forward to the next collaboration opportunity. Julie Boyd 1995 Less