Personalised Learning with Habits of Mind by Bena Kallick and Allison Zmuda.
I’m reading this book from a ‘learner agency’ perspective. It has mapped out the next few years worth of professional development in designing the next iteration of our discovery learning framework.
Having said that – lets get to the actual stuff that makes this book so powerfully transformative.
First is the context. This moment in time is both static and transient in education. It seems that now, more than ever there are so many voices competing to shape and influence the dominant narrative in the education space.
The convergence of social media, the accountability movement, researchers, business identities and global corporations all make for a busy sandpit. Of course, the sandpit was designed for children, provided by schools and funded by parents. None of whom seem to have much purchase in the broader discourse.
This book however, provides some respite in the face of the oncoming tsunami of