the 10,000 hour rule falls apart once you stop practicing for mastery. the beatles didn't play the same song for 10,000 hours and bill gates didn't type in the same program for 10,000 hours. if teachers aren't looking to get better and finding ways to adapt their teaching to their students, then they aren't going to progress in the same way gladwell discusses in his book. i guess, if we use deductive reasoning, the reason a 20 year veteran teacher may not be an expert is that they may have become stagnant, or continue to spin their wheels in the same place while the profession is passing them by.
Bill Gates/the Beatles/ Bobbie Fisher/ Bill Joy were all strivers. They had a passion that spurred them on. Expertise was their mission. Who really thinks about being an expert, growing to the max? Is it every teacher, every engineer, every scientist, every mathematician, every doctor? I don't think so--some people go through the motions--do just enough to retain their current status.
10,000 hours for someone who is passionate about what they are doing flies by, while for someone just marking time (like 20 year veterans who stagnate)time passes at a snail's pace for them and for their students. Aren't you glad to be one of the passionate learners and enveloped in an environment that nurtures and supports that passion? Don't you wish we could bring that to all students?
the 10,000 hour rule falls apart once you stop practicing for mastery. the beatles didn't play the same song for 10,000 hours and bill gates didn't type in the same program for 10,000 hours. if teachers aren't looking to get better and finding ways to adapt their teaching to their students, then they aren't going to progress in the same way gladwell discusses in his book. i guess, if we use deductive reasoning, the reason a 20 year veteran teacher may not be an expert is that they may have become stagnant, or continue to spin their wheels in the same place while the profession is passing them by.
ReplyDeleteBill Gates/the Beatles/ Bobbie Fisher/ Bill Joy were all strivers. They had a passion that spurred them on. Expertise was their mission.
ReplyDeleteWho really thinks about being an expert, growing to the max? Is it every teacher, every engineer, every scientist, every mathematician, every doctor? I don't think so--some people go through the motions--do just enough to retain their current status.
10,000 hours for someone who is passionate about what they are doing flies by, while for someone just marking time (like 20 year veterans who stagnate)time passes at a snail's pace for them and for their students. Aren't you glad to be one of the passionate learners and enveloped in an environment that nurtures and supports that passion? Don't you wish we could bring that to all students?
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