My master's class recently watched Simon Sinek's video about how Great Leaders inspire action. In it, he talks about the Golden Circle; this way of organizing the what, how, and why of what you are doing. He explains that the great leaders start from the innermost part of the circle; they define their Why behind what they are doing and they allow the Why to guide their actions.
For my experience as an educational leader, my Why is to help students become geo-literate and to have life-long skills of resiliency and perseverance. My How is done through the various lessons and subjects I teach such as the Water Crisis or the Syrian Refugees and opportunities to correct homework and tests. My What is what I do on a daily basis in my classroom to teach Global studies.
In my classroom, we talk a lot about how it is important to understand our world around us in order to make better decisions about it. We begin with the Why it is important to understand our world at the beginning of the year instead of the what we will be doing over the course of the year.
It's so great that you start with the WHY at the beginning of you class. It gives the students understanding of what to expect and starts their curiosities regarding what is happening in the world around them!
ReplyDeleteI just love the idea of being Geo-literate! You are preparing young people to think outside of themselves which is such a great skill and can promote empathy and compassion too.
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