Inquiry
I have been thinking about the idea of leaders (and teachers) as inquirers. Unfortunately, there is little reflection and inquiry in our schools, from the highest roles down. What I am seeing (and what I am guilty of) is not asking the questions...especially the right questions. As an educational system, we are entrenched in a history (what Lankshear and Knobel call “deep grammar"). This is a history that we are not doing much to break out of. We tend do jump on the bandwagon of new initiatives without asking the WHY.
Do we as leaders model lifelong learning? Are we asking the questions that need to be asked? How can we get better at inquiring so we break away from the history of schooling?
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