Jul '22 • General discussion
Beginner's Mind - flexible and open
#What is High-Achieving Teaching? There are these new catch phrases 'unlearning', 'reframing' or 'rethinking'. I'm not sure the intended results can be wrangled with intellectual understanding alone. I believe in practice. There's a restful, inner posture called "Beginner's Mind" . We remain open and return to a sense of ease with 'not knowing'. It's marked by humor (or at least, eventual humor) when we find out we were wrong or mistaken. If I go into Preacher or Politician mode I know I'm automating and dialing it in. Of course, Beginner's Mind doesn't mean that we don't intellectually know anything, but that we intentionally approach the sameness ( lesson, student, job, life) fresh and awake in each moment. We may become increasingly aware that we do not know, what we do not know and allow ourselves to evolve and grow without the stresses of radical upheaval. It reminds me recently to move from anxiety to intentionality. I see evidence that this ease and flexible mindset awakens in students when it is securely established in the teacher. I think we all know those times of flow and then the loss of it. High-Achieving teaching can be self- and peer- assessed perhaps, but it surely involves evidence by way of students also reflecting high-achieving outcomes. Does anyone else practice Beginner's Mind?
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Beginner's Mind - flexible and open
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