The idea of Ed Parkour, teacher’s who aren’t intimidated by the slew of variables that constantly work against them, is an inspirational one. Parkour, typically defined as: the sport of traversing environmental obstacles by running, climbing, or leaping rapidly and efficiently– reminds me of a jungle gym. Isn’t that essentially what we’re doing as teacher’s? Playing with our students on the playground of education? The swing set to me seems to be the perfect example. The student is sitting in the swing and we push them at first, coercing them to do it on their own (scaffolding) until they are able to swing by themselves. However, we must always consider the reverse situation. For everything we can teach students, they possess the equivalent amount of knowledge to teach us as well. This is part of our lifelong journey to students and teachers as master learners.
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