A friend and fellow blogger, Mike Wagner, recently suggested I read this great book by Peter Block called The Answer to How is Yes. He begins with this powerful quote:
"Transformation comes more from pursuing profound questions than seeking practical answers"
This has got me thinking about the conversations we have about teaching and learning. We ask so many questions, but I am wondering if we are asking the questions that really matter. Are we pursuing the profound questions that propel us into action?
In the field of reading and literacy, the proverbial question most often asked, debated, and researched is :
How do we teach reading effectively?
What if, instead, we asked ourselves the following:
What KIND of readers do we hope will develop from the kind of reading we teach?
Is our current instruction resulting in the kind of reading and more importantly the kind of readers we hope for, dream about, and need?
Something worth thinking about.
I would like to hear what literacy questions these administrators are asking: Dave Sherman, Scott Elias, Mike Reno. Though I’ve tagged these three, feel free to extend the conversation and questions by posting yours on your blog.
