3-2-1 TUESDAYS WITH MS NIV

Posted on 14 Mar 2023 by nivedita mukerjee

Issue #140, 14th March 2023

Time to reflect. I have been facilitating reflection sessions for this academic year of 2022-23 with teachers, leadership teams of educational institutions, and students. I specifically look forward to this part of the academic year for I learn many aspects of the teams and team leaders, as they also learn much about themselves and their peers in the process. A significant process to become a better version of oneself.

Have you started it yet? the annual end of the academic year process of reviewing, reflecting, and rejuvenating the teaching-learning practice. Here are some suggested ways for students and teachers to structure their reflections for this year.

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Three Images of the Week

Two Thoughts of the Week

We do not learn from experience… we learn from reflecting on experience.
John Dewey

I hope that in this year to come, you will make mistakes. Because if you are making mistakes, then you are making new things, trying new things, learning, living, pushing yourself, changing yourself, and changing your world. You’re doing things you’ve never done before, and more importantly, doing Something.
Neil Gaiman

One Video of the Week

Maria sees her secret to improvement and success as being reflective. Although self-reflection requires patience and introspection and is sometimes uncomfortable, it can be productive and serve as a concrete way of attaining one’s full potential. Maria is a grade eleven student in her first year of the IB DP program. Originally from Russia, Maria grew up in Tashkent, but moves periodically between Virginia, USA and Tashkent.

She identifies as an ethnic Russian-Korean, part of the group of Koreans that were resettled in Central Asia during the 1920’s-30s. She loves to golf, read fantasy fiction novels, and watch anime. In her free time, she likes to sleep, and write her own fiction stories. As a teenager, suddenly, on the brink of being thrown into a world of adulthood and leaving home, she recognizes the simultaneously scary and anxious experience for both herself and her friends. For that reason, she finds one of the best ways of coping with and facing new challenges to be the small quiet, contemplative moments of momentary self-reflection on long car rides, and solitary golf games.

She hopes to share her passion for the limitless possibilities of continuous improvement through self-reflection with her friends and audience.

Dear reader,
I have been a research scientist, a journalist, and an educator for over 3 decades. I read and, I write. With this weekly newsletter, I share what I read, learn, and, experience. At the same time, I engage with students, parents, and teams of teachers across K-12 schools, higher education institutions, and ed-tech organizations.

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